EMERGENCE OF USA
POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Max Weber
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Emile Durkhiem
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Max Weber believed that cultural influences embedded in social institutions such as churches/religions affect people’s economic behavior. This is the main point presented in his book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Weber defines politics as a form of “independent leadership activity". In this essay, the “state” serves as the placeholder for the analysis of political organizations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Weber believed that modern societies were obsessed with efficiency – modernizing and getting things done, such that questions of ethics, affection and tradition were brushed to one side – this has the consequence of making people miserable and leading to enormous social problems.
Detailed explanation-4: -Weber’s mother, Helene Weber, was a Protestant and a Calvinist, with strong moral absolutist ideas. Weber was strongly influenced by her views and approach to life. Although Weber did not claim to be religious himself, religion did was an important them through much of his thought and writings.