The curious economic effects of religion Nov 15, 2009
In 1905, Max Weber, a German sociologist who studied religions, identified what he called the Protestant work ethic as the driving force behind modern capitalism in the West. But by the middle of the 20th century, most sociologists had dismissed Weber s thesis as based on bad theology and bad statistics. (Boston Globe)
Fame: From the bronze age to Britney Oct 31, 2009
Today, use of the word owes less to the passions of Saint Paul and more to the ideas of German sociologist Max Weber, who reintroduced the term in the 20th century in his theories of political authority and leadership. Nevertheless, it is possible to see a thin thread linking the old religious meaning with the newer secular one. (The Age, Australia)
The 'browser mafia' must lead the IT revolution Oct 21, 2009
Scholars of bureaucracy, including Max Weber and my fellow Federal Computer Week columnist Steve Kelman, have studied how public organizations function and what induces change within them. Consensus on strategies for organizational change is often fleeting, but in our time, there is one point of general agreement: Information technology is a catalyst for fundamental change in public and private organizations. (FCW.com)
Today's politicians are too cautious to be charismatic Sep 12, 2009
German sociologist Max Weber predicted charisma would recede in the face of bureaucratic political party machines, but that an element could survive. His prediction is supported by Barack Obama's successful campaign. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Michael Oakeshott's Conservative Mind Aug 27, 2009
From Hobbes s theory of the sovereign ruling by authority to Max Weber 250 years later, defining the state in terms of a monopoly of force is a slow loss of civil sensitivity. The term democracy is strictly a constitutional belief about how authority is generated, but today it most commonly commends rather than names a government that serves some particular interest, such as that of the people. (The American Conservative)
‘On Kindness’ explores why we bothering being nice Aug 23, 2009
Added to this is a capsule history of the practice of kindness, with stops at the early Christian church, the Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment, the Victorians, Darwin, and Max Weber. The remainder of the book explores the psychology of kindness, drawing on the attachment theory of psychoanalysts like John Bowlby and Donald Winnicott. (Boston Globe)
Students get crash course in the 'Real World' Aug 22, 2009
Max Weber earned 1,315 a month as a professional, regional baseball player, and had to look for a second, part-time job so he could buy clothes. I didn t have to go to school for this career, said Weber. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Do you have a Flintoff in your office? Aug 21, 2009
Charis means "grace" or "gift" in Greek A gift or power of leadership or authority (OED) A certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities (Sociologist Max Weber 1947). We can all learn from Flintoff, says workplace psychologist Judi James, because in the current business climate, he's a good model. (BBC News -- UK)
So Happy Together Jul 18, 2009
Clinton quotes the sociologist Max Weber (has any secretary of state done that before. "Politics is the long and slow boring of hard boards. It takes both passion and perspective," which is to say patience. (Slate)
Robert Strange McNamara, a Man for the Soulless Age Jul 11, 2009
When the German sociologist Max Weber defined modernity as the rationalization, bureaucratization and the disenchantment of the world, he might have been foreseeing the rise of that 1960ish model of the perfect executive, Robert Strange McNamara. The man was the very personification of the Best and Brightest who took their trusting country, and some half a million American troops, into the charnel house that the Vietnam War proved to be. (Townhall.com)
COMMENT: Lost Spirit Of Capitalism Jul 6, 2009
Max Weber (1864-1920), the noted German sociologist, is relevant. He wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism that established him as a canonical figure in the social sciences since its publication more than 100 years ago. (India Times, India)
Letters Jul 5, 2009
Although Hutchinson mentions Max Weber, he forgets the extraordinarily sweeping historical account of sheep and coal and the explanation of the global nature of capitalism in Marx's Das Kapital. As George Santayana famously put it, say, those who forget the lessons of history are fated to repeat them. (Asia Times Online)
Weaving African religion into development Jul 4, 2009
In Europe, as Max Weber indicates in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and Francis Fukuyamas The End of History and the Last Man, one cannot discuss European progress without mentioning its spiritual origin. Despite the overt mass sway of Ghanaians to churches and mosques, most equally access traditional African religion when such churches and mosques fail to solve their existential problems. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Gerard Henderson Feb 8, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Tattoos embraced by Tokay students, staff (53) Feb 8, 2009
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