This man detailed three ideas on religious behavior, which he termed world-flying mysticism, worldrejecting asceticism, and inner-worldly asceticism, in his book Economy and Society. He warned of the descent of society into a "polar night of icy darkness" due to bureaucratic rationalization. In anot
This man detailed three ideas on religious behavior, which he termed world-flying mysticism, worldrejecting asceticism, and inner-worldly asceticism, in his book Economy and Society. He warned of the descent of society into a "polar night of icy darkness" due to bureaucratic rationalization. In another book, he argued that the state uses charisma, law, or tradition to maintain a "monopoly of the legitimate use of violence". This author of Politics as a Vocation warned of the creation of a societal "iron cage". He argued that Calvinism influenced the development of market economies. For 10 points, name this German sociologist who wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
This man detailed three ideas on religious behavior, which he termed world-flying mysticism, worldrejecting asceticism, and inner-worldly asceticism, in his book Economy and Society.
Max Weber [or Karl Emil Maximilian Weber]