SOC100H5 Lecture 4: Sociological Theory
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Examination of how various aspects of social life convey meanings and thereby assist or impede communication. A german sociologist who point out flaws in marx"s work. In his opinion, most of un-manual workers and professions are willing to stabilize the society because they enjoy the higher status and income. In addition, he critiqued that conflict theory is not the only driving force of history but also politics, religion. Except from economy, he studied the social world. Weber argued that early capitalism development is not caused by economy-related events but certain religious beliefs. Protestants believed that their belief would be less doubted if they worked diligently. He said that its unintended effect causes followers could save and invest more money than others. In the end, where the protestant took hold, where capitalism developed the most, so weber concluded, capitalism was not only the result of the operation of economic forces alone.
