SOCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Homa Hoodfar, Hijab, Headscarf
18 Apr 2016
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Yesterday we considered how social relations shape religion. Today, switching things and exploring how religion affects other social relations o. Socialization: most of the literature recognizes religions as powerful socializing. This is the main focus of the sociology of religion institutions. Give us norms, values, beliefs that shape our actions o. Weber"s protestant ethnic and the spirit of capitalism. Contested: many question the validity of the claims, come see it as religiously biased. Weber: took issue with marx"s materialist claims, and the book turned marxism on its head. Work began with an observation that the regions where capitalism emerged had large segments of the population who practiced calvinism and related protestant denomination o. Spirit of capitalism: irrational action orientation that pushes people to work hard, reinvest profits, and live without luxury. Weber believes this spirit kick-started capitalism o o. Weber believed 3 aspects of calvinist beliefs promoted this spirit. Promoted spirit of capitalism through value rational action (1) predestination.
