Week 3: The rationality of the social actor
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Required reading: Weber ([1904] 1946)
Supplemental readings: Brenner (1996), Gerth and Mills (1946)
References
Brenner, Suzanne. 1996. “Reconstructing Self and Society: Javanese Muslim Women and ‘The Veil’.” American Ethnologist 23 (4): 673–97. doi:10.1525/ae.1996.23.4.02a00010.
Gerth, H. H., and C. Wright Mills. 1946. “Intellectual Orientations.” In From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology, edited by H. H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills, 45–74. New York: Oxford University Press.
Weber, Max. (1904) 1946. “The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism.” In From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology, edited by C. Wright Mills, 302–22. New York: Oxford University Press.
ANTH 6916: Culture and development—Key concepts
General info: About this seminar, The practice of social theory, Summary of topics and readings, The key tasks of collaborative editing
Seminars: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | B | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Assignments: Essay, Take-home writing assignment, Weekly reflections, Various contributions to an online, collaborative knowledge base