CAS SO 203 Lecture 5: Lecture 3.3
11 Mar 2016
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Interpretative understanding, subjective meaning, getting into someone"s world. Used to believe that reason and rationality came from enlightenment false. Hard work and profit and wealth become signs of your salvation, for unsaved hell was to surely follow. Catholic church = corrupt, they were selling people salvation. Puritans came to boston (followers of baxter"s) From baxter"s revisions the methodical systematic orientation to work grew, orientation to profit and to wealth. All of this gave a push to modern capitalism. Origin of the spirit of capitalism is before technology. Franklin grew up in a puritan community, heretical thinker, went to boston latin! Colorless diet = believes there is a supernatural but that it"s amorphous. Baxter = we all have a calling, franklin agrees, organize levels, set goals, give lives a purpose/direction. If you aren"t successful in reaching your goals undertake self improvement program. Spirit of capitalism is now extending through communities, weber stage 3.
