Sociology Outline
Sociology
Sociological Theories[edit | edit source]
Max Weber[edit | edit source]
- The Protestant Ethic
- that the Calvinistic view that prosperity was God's affirmation of individual worth led to capitalism and Western prosperity
- this view is generally discredited, but holds some truths
- Catholicism's anti-competitive structures v. protestantisms individualism
- empowerment of the individual and competition v. universal "catholic" social, political, and economic structures
- Catholicism's anti-competitive structures v. protestantisms individualism
- this view is generally discredited, but holds some truths
- that the Calvinistic view that prosperity was God's affirmation of individual worth led to capitalism and Western prosperity