Question

This thinker argued that full urban communities with local administration emerged only in the West because the “social context” didn’t exist in Asia. In one book, this thinker outlines instrumentally rational, value-rational, affectual, and traditional forms of action, which can also be analyzed through abstract “ideal types.” A book by this author of (*) Economy and Society illustrates the “philosophy of avarice” with an excerpt from Benjamin Franklin’s The Way of Wealth that defines “time as money” as the best illustration (-5[1])of one system’s spirit. In that book, this thinker argued that followers of church reforms saw employment as a sacred “calling” not present in Catholic parts of Europe. For 10 points, name this German sociologist that argued modern capitalism was formed (10[1])by the Protestant work ethic. ■END■

ANSWER: Max Weber
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto SproutToronto cDNA80-5
Kunaal ChandrashekarToronto cDNAToronto Sprout12110

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2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y1100%0%100%121.00