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- The charisma of the coronavirus
- on. Learning is not acquiring knowledge. To learn means to change. Hence, there is no “right” answer to t... , they need the cooperation of everyone, and this means cooperation among people who see the world in fun... on that the social actor is rational. Rationality means that a person is aware of their own actions and t... ord from the Christian Bible and its theology. It means a gift from God. Weber says that many people can
- The charisma of the coronavirus @1001:2020
- emergency, everyone needs to cooperate, and that means people need to learn to work together with other ... es certain places more risky than other, and that means the people who are more involved in some social i... step out of every routine. * Social distance means learning to see personal space. * Washing your hands means consciously thinking about what “clean” means.
- Spheres of exchange @1002:2019
- **Capitalism** is an economic system in which the means of production (or, **capital**) is privately owned by one group. - The **means of production** is all the things that society ne... produce all the things people need. * Because the means of production are held as private property, no one else has any access to the means of their own livelihoods. Capitalism is a system
- Max Weber
- eber's theory of society is based on action. This means that a society comes into being through the indiv... reasingly look at their own lives in terms of the means and the ends. This is what Weber means by rationalization. For Weber, a modern society is a highly rati... ty in which all actions are evaluated in terms of means and ends, and very few actions have affect and tr
- Can you learn to hear God? @2667
- , empirical facts about people's behavior. This means that social scientific explanations are always on the outside looking in. It also means that social scientific explanations assume that, ... or *why* questions ## Do I know what rhetorical means?? Do I know what rhetorical means!?? ## A question someone might want to ask is this: > How does Vodo
- Cultural determinism and utilitarianism @1001:2020
- maximizers of utility. * People always perform means–ends calculations on every choice * Everything ... worry about how to meet unlimited needs with few means, they decide to define their needs differently and find that their means are more than enough. From the outside, foragers... ere does it make sense to assume that people make means–ends calculations to decide what to do? Go to Ca
- Seminar participation @6916:2020
- standing of what we are talking about. Rather, it means that you have reflected on what you can get out o... not always mean talking a lot in class. Rather it means being present, engaged, and willing to make your best effort to contribute, even if it means doing something new and unfamiliar. {{page>691
- The social world is a stage, and our actions are symbols @1001:2020
- It’s not entirely clear exactly what Malinowski means by this term. It’s very evocative though, and I c... speaking---something that stands for, represents, means, expresses something else. We can make a provisi... s) makes us think of "Australia," and the OK sign means "OK" for English speakers. Each person's cultura
- About this seminar @3601:2020
- In this class, we talk explicitly about what that means and where each of us stands as thinkers within th... l we do in a seminar on anthropology? What this means for us, though, is that we have a lot to discuss,... e debate that we will see among the authors. This means we all have to contribute something to the discus
- Participation @3601:2020
- standing of what we are talking about. Rather, it means that you have reflected on what you can get out o... not always mean talking a lot in class. Rather it means being present, engaged, and willing to make your best effort to contribute, even if it means doing something new and unfamiliar. {{page>360
- Capital and community @1002:2018
- ... ## * **Capitalism** is a system in which the means of production are privately owned by one social... a system in which nobody else has access to the means of production; in order to live, people have to s... ding" (Marx 1867, chap. 6). What do you think he means by this? Buzz about this. What do you associate w
- Assessing Mauss’s influence: An exercise in research skill @1002:2020
- work in general. In much of scholarly work, this means taking one specific theory of the world among man... dopting one theory to analyze and interpret facts means also choosing not to employ another perspective. ... opology. (Although, if you are interested, by all means read more on your own about how people in other s
- About this seminar @6916:2020
- ous social sciences in a discussion about what it means to be human and what concepts we can use to illum... these ideas can be interpreted and applied. This means we all have to contribute something to the discus... hey wanted to get across because it was new. This means that they often present their ideas in dense pros
- Marcel Mauss and the gift @1002:2018
- s have spirit ## For Mauss, the Maori word *hau* means the "spirit of the thing given." When someone giv... f total services of an agonistic type. Agonistic means that the sides in an exchange are competing to gi
- Why would someone join a religious commune? @2667
- ational (*Zweckrational*): Getting the best deal. Means-ends calculation. For Weber some actions, and so... work out more explicitly why they make sense as a means to an end. * Charisma, tradition and authority. M
