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MAX WEBER (1864 - 1920). A giant of sociological thought, his work straddles a number of sociological approaches. He argues against Marx's economic determinism. His basic position is that many factors must combine together to produce social change. He approaches the question of why capitalism first developed in the west (mainly Europe) and not elsewhere. One of the major reasons he postulates is that the kind of religious ideas prevalent in the west were conducive to the growth of capitalism. "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," which he published in the form of two long articles in 1904 & 1905, addresses this issue. While he admits that economic factors do heavily influence change, he also points out that in modern Europe business leaders and owners of capital, the higher grades of skilled labour, the technical personnel of modern enterprises are over- whelmingly protestant. Tracing the assosiation back it can...

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