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- elective affinity A relationship of connectedness between two phenomena in which neither phenomenon is the determining influence.
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Several scholars have called attention to the importance of Weber's use of the term "elective affinity," yet nowhere has the term received a treatment both systematic and historically founded. The present paper attempts to fill that gap. Each instance of Weber's usage is cited and discussed.
4 days ago · elective affinity. A term used by Max Weber to describe the relationship between Protestantism and capitalism (in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, 1905). It refers to the resonance or coherence between aspects of the teachings of Protestantism and the ethos of the capitalist enterprise: the contents of one system of meaning ...
Although scholars have long recognized the importance of “elective affinity” as a keyword in Weber’s sociology, surprisingly little systematic research has gone into understanding this metaphor in Weber’s writing, or in the source from which he drew the term.
Mar 1, 2010 · Although scholars have long recognized the importance of “elective affinity” as a key word in Weber's sociology, surprisingly little systematic research has gone into understanding this metaphor in Weber's writing, or the source from which he drew the term.
- Andrew M. McKinnon
- 2010
Jan 18, 2007 · Structuration theory, habitus and complexity theory offer three theories of social change that integrate agency and structure. The purpose of this paper is to identify which offers a more complete ...
- Keith Morrison
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guide research and policy formation in the sociology of education and provide logical explanations for why things happen as they do, helping to explain, predict, and generalize about issues related to schools.
Mar 7, 2010 · In this article, I provide a systematic account of Goethe's conception of elective affinity as a chemical metaphor, and of the way that it is related to Weber's uses of the term in the Protestant ethic essays and in his critical rejoinders.
