Max Weber: On Capitalism, Bureaucracy and Religion. A Selection of Texts

Epelbaum, Michael; Andreski, Stanislav

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“…Unlike Freud's position which blends the ontological and structuralist components in moulding determinism, the social sciences shift the emphasis to cultural factors. Max Weber (1983), while acknowledging that the spirit of capitalism was present in antiquity, equated the rise of capitalism with the rise of protestantism in the 16th century. However, Beaud's (1984) revision contends that Catholic Spain and Portugal did too.…”

Section: The Psychology Behind Trends Depleting the Environmentmentioning

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Pleas, plights and environment: Part I

Allem

1990

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The depletion of the world's natural resources continues relentlessly. Plants and animals alike are being trapped into ever more numerous shrinking pockets, as man advances to incorporate virgin estates into areas of productivity. The immediate consequence of such an all-out attack in the tropical areas of under-developed countries is the destruction of habitats and the likely break-up of food webs. The attendant disastrous effects on the reproduction of species, hence, puts natural selection at a premium. This scenario has distinctly impressed different people in different places. This suggests diverse sensitivity even for causes voiced in public as matters of sheer truism. The study concentrates on the examination of the dialectic nature~nurture controversy to see whether this may account for the state of disharmony recorded between man and nature. Conversion of nature is traditionally considered a realm of the scientific establishment. The study tries to suggest that the humanities cannot be left out in any debate on the interpretation of the environment. The synthesis reveals a blatant refusal of social determinism as causal agent and, with some reservation, projects Dr Antonio Allem is trained as a plant taxonomist. His research has focused on the collection of plant genetic resources germ plasm. He has recently written (with J.F.M. Vails) a book entitled Recursos Forrageiros Nativos doP~antanal Mato-Grossense, published by the Departamento de Difus~o de Teenologia, EMBRAPA, Brasilia. He has an interest in the taxonomy of cultivated plants and has recently solved the origin of the cassava plant (Manihot esculenta, Euphorbiaceae). Dr Allem is a member of staff of the in situ conservation unit at Centro Nacional de Recursos Gen~tieos e Biotecnologia da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa AgropecuLria.biological determinism into sharp focus for pertinent consideration.The cautious reconciliation with parts of sociobiological tenets was regarded as inevitable once grasped that will, knowledge, and sensitivity, were interpreted as the foundation of the main teleological argument.

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Section: The Psychology Behind Trends Depleting the Environmentmentioning

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Pleas, plights and environment: Part I

Allem

1990

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Max Weber: On Capitalism, Bureaucracy and Religion. A Selection of Texts

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