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MAX WEBER, Max_Weber,_1918 - Coggle Diagram
MAX WEBER
German Sociologist (1864-1920)
Bismark (National Liberalist)
Real Politik
WW1 (need of modernity)
political Maturity
education
imperial expansion
positive: nationalism
against annexation of Beligum
peace compromise
focus on political reform
managerial elite replacing old aristocracy
MODERNITY
Capitalism
Economy’s prosperity is dependent
on culture (modern equivalent of religion)
means-end rationalities
Bureaucracy
All administration = domination
power through knowledge
Political Charisma =
only hope of challenging
bureaucratic dominance
necessary in modern society (application)
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problem: 1900s Germany did not have
an institution or level of consciousness
to provide direction
Solution: (capitalist spirit & protestantism)
Consequence: religion marginalised
"But fate decreed that the cloak should become an iron cage"
iron cage= institutionalized capitalism
no escape
risk: lose meaning
no longer engaged in creative action
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Protestantism
a. Active Worldview
Catholic --> traditional
Protestant --> embrace change
Active Worldview: Application
1.rejection of Politics
Jehovah's witness
Amish
Taoists
Buddhists
2.rejection of nations
some Islamic states
Chrisitan thinking kingdoms
No political/ economic value
b. Prove Virtue
unsure of salvation
All work are holy
guilty
Rationalism (Rational-legal)
rules, not rulers
Formal correctness
Determined: Class, political parties, status groups
