Brilliance.
I just finished reading part 1 of 2 of Weber's "Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism". This guy is Brilliant! The concept seems simple enough: the protestant ethic of frugality and hard work creates capitalism. My more than crass description of the work does the detail of Weber justice in terms of acting as a foil. This guy is simply brilliant when you get down to the bones of it.
Different rationalizations! That's the part that did it for me, and the way he used it as a tool to understanding the rationality of the Protestant ethic. As a writer, and a thinker, this guy really covers his bases. He doesn't go for an all-encompassing blanket theory, but rather finds niches within history from which he can fit his theories into the mosaic of capitalism.
Just amazing. On to part deux.
Different rationalizations! That's the part that did it for me, and the way he used it as a tool to understanding the rationality of the Protestant ethic. As a writer, and a thinker, this guy really covers his bases. He doesn't go for an all-encompassing blanket theory, but rather finds niches within history from which he can fit his theories into the mosaic of capitalism.
Just amazing. On to part deux.
weber as in max weber?
Posted by
The Screwy Skeptic |
6:48 PM
oh and btw, i forgot to thank you for the resources from your blogging paper. i didn't have the time to get a hold of any of them, but your paper was immensely interesting (much better than mine turned out). :-)
Posted by
The Screwy Skeptic |
6:51 PM
yeah, good ol'max. really interesting stuff.
hey thanks, so.. do i get a chance to read yours?
Posted by
M |
5:35 PM