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Weber also argued that the Protestant work ethic influenced the creation of capitalism in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. It was the earliest part in his broader consideration of the world religions, as he later examined the religions of China, India, and ancient Judaism.
Edward Tiryakian recently argued that Max Weber was so deeply affected by John Bunyan's grim's Progress that he personally identified with one of its characters, a man who was an iron cage of despair. Therein, Tiryakian claimed, lies the origins of the famous "iron cage"
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Aug 24, 2007 · Arguably the foremost social theorist of the twentieth century, Max Weber is known as a principal architect of modern social science along with Karl Marx and Emil Durkheim. Weber’s wide-ranging contributions gave critical impetus to the birth of new academic disciplines such as sociology as well as to the significant reorientation in law ...
Goethe's impact on Weber, especially since it appears that social science owes an unrealised debt to this towering figure in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Germany' (Kent 1983:316-17).
This explication contends that Goethe's vision of active asceticism, the motivational power of conviction, and a transcendent deed which contributes to the vitality of future generations, influenced Weber's understanding of meaningful and responsible social and political action.
- Isher-Paul Sahni
Hamdija Begovic. This paper explores the work of Austrian theorist Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn in the context of evaluating it as a possible contribution to Max Weber’s stated project of determining the full influence of Protestantism on modernity.
Edward Tiryakian recently argued that Max Weber was so deeply affected by John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress that he personally identified with one of its characters, a man who was trapped in an iron cage of despair.
