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ding importance, that is, "sacred" value? ## The individual as a cultural construct Western societies tend to teach members to see themselves as individuals. This has come into our discussion in several wa... e directly the idea all these have in common: The individual. ## An alternative to Weber Weber assumed that being an individual is natural, and hence a precondition for social a

8.2

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' concept of modernity is the liberation of the individual from constraints inherited from the past. * When ... site of conjuncture ### Christianity is based on individualism * Personal, sincere confession * Equality of all believers qua moral subjects * Individual responsibility for one's relationship to God ### Prosperity theology is individualism without asceticism * Prayers to God must be a

7.1

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s been.' Modern societies allow more freedom for individuals to make choices. Modern societies are based on agreements between individuals. Weber says that modern societies are **more ra... ased on a new way of thinking of the person as an individual, they actually paved the way for disembedding the... movement**: Modernity through creating autonomous individual believers who can choose to follow a pure Islamic

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### Western culture ### * Western culture values individualism. * Children are taught to be individuals. * Society and its rules is something that one should be able... n societies which have created the possibility of individualism, the the West, still have gifts and still have

5.1

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respond to market forces is by placing limits on individual choices * Wamira (Papua New Guinea) taro gardens... stinction is a dichotomy. An opposition between individual self-interest and the collective force of a socia... et forces is not simply collective constraints on individual behavior. (That's a false dichotomy!) Rather, soc

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respond to market forces is by placing limits on individual choices * Wamira (Papua New Guinea) taro gardens... stinction is a dichotomy. An opposition between individual self-interest and the collective force of a socia... et forces is not simply collective constraints on individual behavior. (That's a false dichotomy!) Rather, soc

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al forces are real.** Social forces determine how individuals think, act and cooperate with each other. To und... ble.** Social rules are not simply constraints on individual choices. * **Cultural differences are not accid

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al forces are real.** Social forces determine how individuals think, act and cooperate with each other. To und... ble.** Social rules are not simply constraints on individual choices. * **Cultural differences are not accid

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al forces are real.** Social forces determine how individuals think, act and cooperate with each other. To und... ble.** Social rules are not simply constraints on individual choices. * **Cultural differences are not accid

13.2

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pitalist system, people must play the role of the individual. * Capitalism creates illusions, e.g. commodity f