SOC 3106 Lecture 17: Week 11(2)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3106
• Professor: Andreas Buss

Document Summary

Reading: the protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism (53-80: priest as a magician in catholicism, catholicism demands doing good works when you have done bad works. Protestantism & protestant sects vs christian monks: eastern monks (buddhist) versus western monks (christians, e: survive from community, asking them for food, w: work, benedict monks, pray and work. In catholicism, some people have to live an ascetic life, namely the monks. In catholicism, only monks have to live an ascetic life. Lecture: protestants seek signs of membership, referred to themselves as saints. In this sense, wealth lost its traditionally suspect character: wealth was considered suspect in the middle ages, merchant who becomes rich says wealth cannot please god. Implies a reversal of natural life, in the sense that you follow your feelings. Final exam: 10 mc, 3 questions which refer to particular terms (weber, meaning of the term, sentence followed by "to which of these sentences does this term refer to, ex.