This man attributed the absence of capitalism in China and India to Confucianism and Hinduism in a trilogy on religion. In one work, he argued that tradition, charisma and legality legitimize the state, which retains a monopoly on violence. This author of Politics as a Vocat
This man attributed the absence of capitalism in China and India to Confucianism and Hinduism in a trilogy on religion. In one work, he argued that tradition, charisma and legality legitimize the state, which retains a monopoly on violence. This author of Politics as a Vocation described mysticism and asceticism in his incomplete Economy and Society. Talcott Parsons's translation of his most notable work characterizes dehumanized rational efficiency as an "iron cage of bureaucracy". For 10 points, name this sociologist who analyzed the economic impact of Calvinism in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
This man attributed the absence of capitalism in China and India to Confucianism and Hinduism in a trilogy on religion.
Max Weber 