SOCIOLOGY - Max Weber

[@Insapientis]

00:00 Sociology - Max Weber 00:41 1. Why does Capitalism exists? 01:18 i) Protestantism makes you feel guilty 01:51 ii) God likes hard work 02:13 iii) All work is holy 02:35 iv) It's the community, not the family, that counts 02:59 v) There aren't miracles 03:06 The disenchantment od the world 03:58 2. How do you develop Capitalism around the world? 05:23 3. How can we change the world? 05:43 Traditional authority 05:52 Charismatic authority 06:02 Bureaucratic authority

[@thephilosophicalspartan4813]

If a day is a 1000 years for god and a 1000 years are 1 day for him, why would he bother with me takin' a day off?

[@binra3788]

​@@thephilosophicalspartan4813 Rest is fulfilling appreciation in shared awareness. In terms of balance and meaning in life - to work without rest and without the renewal and inspiration is 666 - never comes the day of deeply shared appreciation. No depth becomes superficial substitution for life. Plundering or exploiting a sense of scarcity and lack in mutual distrust of false with-ness and false worth-ship. As for a god bothering - surely this is your mind projecting back. If you cant be bothered then you can expect the same. I don't know as to the number 1000 - but the first 'gods' were planets and their 'Suns' were the Eras or Ages of Man's development. Current dogma doesn't allow a recognition of this as historical experience - but in official cosmology there is the times scale of Astronomic as VAST and to us extremely slow while the spin rate of an Atom is unimaginable FAST and tiny. So I suggest a fractal and holographic view in which significance or meaning is inherent at all scales - but not as an add-on of human manufacture so much as innate relational expression of the whole in and as all its parts. This power holds all things already one - even if it nature is in a sense more like to a stillness or zero point from which all self differentiation arises as an expression of and within infinite potential. The separation from 'gods' God or Power in and through all things is a working illusion. The ability to not be bothered remains the capacity to care enough to matter to yourself or incarnate and embody caring as an expression of accepted self appreciation. A working illusion is like inherited and acquired cultural baggage. Old ideas can run by default until and unless you care enough to question them in relation to who you truly are. I don't see a difference between electrical and magnetic expression of qualities into quantities in principle when operating at different scales. But I see human thinking gaining a world but losing the Soul of the felt qualities of being. It isn't that we don't care or lack faith but that we care for our illusions and give faith to maintaining their sustainability - instead of aligning in what sustains us. If we are denied dreaming we very quickly become psychotic. While sleep is part of this, we mostly live in dream or narrative framings that offset, adjust, evade or seek to control, predict, possess or deny reality of actual or intimate relation. Curious that our sense of time is spent out of true currency and that mis-timings can set all things awry. If you can give yourself what you truly need - you can rest in its acceptance. You will then appreciate a 'god' or power of connected being - because that is who and what you are the expression of.

[@AldoHExse]

Thank you!

[@dandiaz19934]

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[@arvj123]

I really love that rattling sound at the beginning of your videos. It's like signalling my brain that I'm going to learn something new and interesting, and that makes me feel good. :)

[@TheDograncho]

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[@vahyalakwaga5428]

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[@chaitanyadandale4569]

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[@dimitris.gianniodis]

This video is misleading. Max Weber never said that capitalism was created by protestantism. He said that, among several other factors (economical, technological, law codification, new kind of rationality), a specific form of religiosity (ascetic protestantism) had some uninentional influence on the development of A specific form of capitalism which is the modern enterprise capitalism. Just read the book

[@L30N4tER]

so to summarize Protestantism did create A capitalism, so technically they aren't incorrect. Nevertheless, yes, they are only emphasising on "Protestantism" part. But its scary how accurate Weber is, because take for example most of the underdeveloped country have everything required for capitalism to flourish but they are still stuck why?

[@dimitris.gianniodis]

Sorry, i think you got it wrong. On this precise point, the video is completely incorrect and reproduces a view of Weber that has often been criticized by Weber's specialists. The ethos of a particular form of protestantism (the notions of beruf-vocation, of confirmation and the need to work for God's glory) has had some unintentional influence on the development of a particular form of capitalism. As for your example of "underdeveloped country", the phenomenon can't be explain by Weber's theory because its aim is not to prove that protestant countries are more developed.... Sociology is a beautiful science and needs its supporters to be very precise in the terms they use. I can't help but suggest you read the book

[@L30N4tER]

I see, thank you for the clarification. But it just so happens that protestant countries are more developed than lets take for example most Hindu countries, why is that so? I am just curious, I mean no harm.

[@AA-xs7ee]

El capitalismo aventurero existió siempre, solo en ciertas condiciones (de las cuales es que Weber intenta desprender el análisis religioso) se crea el capitalismo moderno occidental. Es interesante que este análisis de la Praxis occidental del capitalismo va de la mano con lo explicado por Marx sobre la acumulación originaria, y con la visión más actual sobre la historia de Inglaterra y Alemania en aquellos años. Otro ejemplo enorme es el protectorado de Cromwell, para aquellos interesados en el tema de cómo religión y sociedad van cambiando en conjunto. Saludos.

[@polly4531]

Unintentionally or not it is still an influence. I don't know why are you guys that bothered. If a police kills someone unintentionally he's still killed the person. If you hit someone unintentionally you've still hit the person.

[@aidanoliver8209]

This video doesn't take into account Weber's pluralistic view/explanations of social phenomena. Weber did not suggest that Protestantism was the only means by which capitalism was formed. He said protestants were "overepresented" in capitalism. He suggests that there must be other reasons why capitalism was formed as he was going against Marx's view that one explanation can explain social phenomena.

[@indrinita]

thanks for mentioning this! That explains a lot and I was wondering how he could get it so wrong... but obviously this video is quite oversimplified on the topic, even though I normally appreciate the School of Life's efforts.

[@teckyify]

Please exact references for the argument (page number...). I need to review this argument. You can't just throw out stuff.

[@aidanoliver8209]

I'm not going to do your homework for you.

[@kalyanarc4467]

I belive it represents only Christian countries, rather than only Protestant ones.. If you take a look at the map at 4:05 , you can notice that all of the blue coloured countries (except Japan) are Christian. Than you also remember that Communist countries forced atheism... I rly hate christianity now >.< Fuck you Jesus !!

[@detroitmetro101]

the idea that ideas, culture, may be more important than class, is appealing, however, how much are ideas worth without a market and capital?...anyway, capitalism was not born out of protestanism, protestanism was born out of capitalism...capitalism was one of the reasons why luther revolted, because the church was using "new financial instruments" to increase and centralize its profits...capitalism means that an individual, company, or country, derives its income from savings and investments, eg investors, banks..., which existed before the reformation in renaissance italy, which is where our word for bank comes from...the promotion of this kind of cultural superiority, northern, protestant europe, is typical of 19th century scientific racism, and is still with us today.

[@zigatomsic2579]

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[@baltinardelli]

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[@alexmurray9843]

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[@Publiopf]

How come it took me so long to come across this channel? It's absolutely amazing. I'm quenching my thirst of knowledge. Thank you!!

[@kebrongurara1612]

It IS great. But be sure to look at primary texts when you get the chance because this is just one possible interpretation of some very complex philosophy. Some people just take it as given that this is the right answer. ;-)

[@dandiaz19934]

Read the book. This is an entertaining and basic summary, but READ THE BOOKS. There's no shortcuts to knowledge.

[@snowleopard2053]

@@kebrongurara1612 You're clever. Thank you.

[@chrislatsinos1588]

These videos are doing so well to satisfy a much needed way to spread important concepts that aren't included in most general schooling curricula, which has lead to an uninformed population universally. Hopefully this channel continues to gain traction because there's a lot of important stuff here which would help to improve the way we think about the systems we have in place now, and to analyse them a lot more critically and bring more diverse thinking to the table, as opposed to leaving it in the hands of the bureaucratic elite at present. I'm learning so much from your channel and videos, thank you!!

[@lirard]

Chris Latsinos I second you in every your word. It was the exact idea I had right after the videos of Adorno and this one. The system in place likes to keep us uninformed, distracted, confused and unwilling toward any critical optics. Me too, I am learning so much, in the sense of getting informed and questioning my own decisions and society, rather than on a knowledge per se.Thank you very much to this channel for presenting it in an accessible form for common people.

[@jamesadala7868]

@@lirard very true. It opens our minds

[@nothanks4248]

Don't you love it when someone so eloquently voices what you're thinking; I am a fan of Weber if this video is anyghing to go by. Thanks for the video.

[@ourivesz]

sociology always blows my mind and that's why I love it so much

[@amandeepgupta5133]

people* now your mind

[@Lifeisajourney2]

Same here. Sociology is one of my favourites

[@emzon4714]

Nerd

[@kadiebugg214]

Sociology is absolutely amazing!!! I’m with you !!!

[@vardaanvardhan9932]

Universities though are infiltrated by radical leftists now sad

[@uselessjoe]

While I was stationed in Germany 1986-'89, I took Master's classes through the U of Maryland. My mentor and professor of 2 classes was Dr Ilse Dronberger. She wrote "The Political Thought of Max Weber," she interviewed his widow, studied under Hans Morgenthal, was a member of the Hitler Youth Movement, and later in the Underground movement. Later, she was a translator at the Nuremberg War Trials. My time with her, watching her eyes in deep thought when talking about speaking with Hess, Goering, Spear, and others are memories I will never forget. And I treasure her words she wrote to me when signing her book to me...

[@nunomorales]

Dear School of Life, I would like to add that the Disenchantment of World, was not caused only by Clavinism, but by also the Buracratisation of the Authority in Modern Society. Love your channel

[@TheMaskedProducer]

+The School of Life why is Alaska in the red zone? It's a state of the US, and if we were going from which states are in turmoil surely California would be red too?

[@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa892]

Weber doesn't even claim Calvinism CAUSED disenchantment with the world (nor does he give any other explicit reasons for that), he points out that it had always existed, and refuged into cloisters! Take e.g. Luther, I think that qualifies as "protestant work ethics", but he wasn't fond of turning away from the world, for more than just one reason, while not being able to agree with Catholism on a fundamental level - and we do know how that story turned out. It's more like a certain type of personality, and work force, that seems to have found their place IN the world, who can be attached to Protestanism. Weber claims though, it was Calvin who really established and exported Protestanism into the world (namely England, "New England"/North America, Holland), influencing the quality and quantity to which Capitalism developed there, and imo that does seem to have some reason in it. E.g., good old Scrooge came into my mind, he actually seems to be the most extreme example of just those Calvinist qualities - but, he doesn't love his fellow poeple, because, he has no self love either, hence he forgot one fundamental Christian order, that's valid regardless of confession. ...Think about it.

[@billygoatideas]

Will The School of Life look at modern philosophers and political theorists? I'd love to see a video on Slavoj Žižek

[@Tschoo]

Alain de Botton haha

[@Leolukpeu]

billygoatideas could you talk a little about Zizek? I don't know him

[@martinkryer1444]

Leo H Slavoj Zizek is a contemporary slovenian philosopher. His philosophy is a mix between marxist thought, hegelian philosophy and lacanian psychoanalysis. If you look besides the fact that he is a very charismatic person, the reason why he is famous, is because of his critique of ideology. Zizek argues that our reality is structured through unconscious fantasies. For more I recommend what ***** mentioned, The Perverts Guide to Cinema, or, The Perverts Guide to Ideology. If you want to read some of his books, I will recommend his The Sublime Object of Ideology.

[@Leolukpeu]

thanks ***** Martin Krøyer !!

[@aLifeThatThrives]

Alain de Botton Love the theory, hate the theorist. C'mon Alain, give to the devil what belongs to the devil. haha. Zizek's voice is incredibly important today.

[@RobSmith2016]

Weber was one of the founding fathers of sociology along with Durkheim and Marx.A towering intellectual.

[@HansLiu23]

This video sums up my life's ambitions. I did not grow up in a religious household. Work is my religion. As weird as it may seem, but it is engrained in myself. If i call off work i feel a sense of guilt. It has never mattered what job I have had.

[@OliVia-oo7uj]

As a philosophy lover, I really enjoy your videos and as a designer, I really love your motion graphics. Definitely one of my favourite channels!

[@jolly2k]

thanks for enlighting me on Max Weber. He was much ahead of his times

[@Frexican54]

4:18 life is pretty hard in the country of Alaska

[@xUnleadedx]

"our ideas may be far more important then tools or money in changing nations" brilliant

[@avannava9663]

whos got an exam tomorrow?

[@user-ri7yn9zt6e]

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[@Brudda_Bear]

Me 😂

[@Brudda_Bear]

Are we all procrastinators? 😂

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[@midnite22767]

How I wish school could be taught in this educational and entertaining way...

[@ezelaf]

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[@akaZhangster]

this channel never disappointments me!! Brings such clarity to the chaotic world we are living in.

[@AK4TsEv3N]

I love Max Weber and I think it's also important to mention his theory of the human action that was pioneer of the "micro-sociologies" and inspired (in various ways) social scientists and intellectuals such as Alfred Schutz, Harold Garfinkel, Peter Winch, George Herbert Mead, Talcott Parsons or Erving Goffman. Lots of their theories focused on interpretation of the daily actions and I think that people undervalue them. Daily action is also important when explaining the estructures and norms of society and I think focusing on such themes (they may sometimes seem banal) is also essential when studying sociology. Nice videos, by the way.

[@Fanaro]

Wow, I had never heard so many concepts with such relevance to the brazilian society as whole. Many of the ideas I already knew but never with such amazing brilliance.

[@brod2man]

So good. I've got my sociology exam tomorrow. Pretty sure I learned more from this video about Weber's views than from the ten's of pages in my text book which state his ideas. Thank you

[@Sebastian-qx5hv]

brod2man In that case study something else. Cause the video is not stating what weber wrote.

[@brod2man]

@@Sebastian-qx5hv Way ahead of you, I quit that degree moments after the exam. Doing psychology now haha

[@lawstudent4748]

All the best for your exam. :)

[@abdeeqahmed5936]

U wrote this 6 yrs ago wow , I was 10 and im studying a level socialogy at sixth form as well, can u give us an update where u r now what y do?

[@brod2man]

@@abdeeqahmed5936 awesome to look back and reflect. But now im a psychologist haha. Actually I was studying Sociology in Mandarin (not my native language) so thats probably why i had no idea what i was doing or reading

[@nickpinto5555]

Thank you guys for being so open-minded and so undogmatic!

[@Gigudrion]

Hello I'm new here but I already love your channel. Are you planning on adding subtitles tho? It's a little bit hard to understand some moments for non-english speakers. Thanks :)

[@مسافر-ح2ط]

+The School of Life , Please do add a subtitles. And thanks for all the amazing videos and effort.

[@hiimryanbrogan]

+Gigudrion youtube can generate them, usually pretty accurate, click the CC next to the settings cog

[@alicemulvey2035]

+The School of Life Dear The School of Life, thank you so much for these insightful videos. I think a lot of students and just anyone interested is profiting hugely from these videos. It helped me a lot in getting a quick overview of many philosophical and sociological theories. Thank you! Maybe you could add some bibliography at the end of the videos for people interested in reading more about a particular person/theory.

[@angelatzw1503]

You can turn on captions at the top right of screen

[@jolantagalloway13]

+Gabe Azevedo The subtitles are all inaccurate. KZbin auto caption does not caption videos correctly. They must be captioned manually

[@dochmbi]

Japan is a capitalist, prosperous and first world country, yet it doesn't have protestant ideals in it's background and the family is still highly valued. What gives?

[@vogelscheuche5332]

Today their economy has major american influences, before WW2 they also weren t wealthy at all.

[@CrackThoseClaws]

Check out Zizek on Buddhism. Japan has a very strict sense of duty, probably the most metaphysical part of their culture. Lemme remind you about samurais and kamikazes. This is like the epitome of working yourself to death and favouring and institution above human individuality.

[@inkealvarez5443]

Confucius

[@JKWesser]

Japan took the west (and especially the US) as a model in many ways since the mid/late 19th century. Of course, their culture is somewhat compatible with the ideas of capitalism, but back when they first decided to "westernize" there was a lot of turmoil as a result of their way of life clashing with the new foreign ideas that -they knew- they had to accept if the were to avoid becoming China (which was humiliated by the -more advanced- western powers at that time).

[@Tyrmund]

But no one's talking about Marxism in this thread, so why are you mentioning it? Weber is actually trying to offer an alternative view on the subject that doesn't rely solely on economic factors to explain the whole system. Whether or not this is what all Marxists assert (let alone Marx) is another matter entirely. As silverskid explained elsewhere in the comments: "[Weber] merely states that cultural forces are equally important to get a full picture."

[@CrackThoseClaws]

I am so using this for my class!! nah, actually studying Weber is more complex and requires a lot of time shit I hope I don't fail tomorrow

[@rodritube]

Weber is very "generous", it might look complicated ar first, but give it a chance and be patient, it will pay well

[@tyeslater24]

This video is apart of an assignment for my class.

[@mahnoormajid6545]

CrackThoseClaws i freaking second you. i hope i dont fail tomorrow. i get the whole Protestanism thing--but that's the ONLY thing i acutally understand with Weber.

[@bjornviktor9592]

did you fail?

[@CrackThoseClaws]

@@bjornviktor9592 not at all, I aced every course through my university

[@DHGameStudios]

This was so very interesting, and oddly still very much relevant.

[@ThnbAnimatrll]

Idealism is dead, the world is proven to be changed by material, not individuals or religions.

[@DHGameStudios]

@@ThnbAnimatrll I disagree. If you look to the united states these days, many people are objecting to the recent authoritarian laws being imposed. They are sacrifising material, probably their jobs, by refusing to infringe on the rights of others.

[@ThnbAnimatrll]

@@DHGameStudios That's the result not the cause

[@buzyparticals3753]

In everyone of these videos I always learn something that blows my mind out of my head.

[@Azivegu]

4:15 Alaska doesn't deserve capitalism.

[@Maltcider]

Azivegu Those commie bastards have that Alaska Permanent Fund, they might as well rejoin Russia! :)

[@Professicchio]

Polycube True, after all Sara Palin said she can see Russia from her window....

[@DeepTh0ught]

Today I found out that I am not American...

[@Chameleon1616]

Capitalism does not work in India, China or the Bitcoin mining capital of Iceland. But it flourishes in Greece.

[@95eloah]

It's somewhat key to point out I think that Weber had a very specifically defined argument; that it was a specific type of religion that contributed (as opposed to being a direct result of) to a very specific type of capitalism, and not necessarily in an economic sense but in a kind of 'spirit of' sense. To suggest that he was trying to create an opposing theory to Marx isn't really the full story.

[@etcheverryfan]

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[@TheAssez]

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[@jonathanpepper9743]

Why is Alaska red at 4:14? It's also part of the USA.

[@largahilfire8861]

Alaska use to be part of the u.s.s.r

[@123456789987o]

Why are Iceland, Greenland, Taiwan and Israel red? There are many things wrong with this map.

[@kristerrs]

Alaska used to be a part of Russia, not the USSR. USA purchased Alaska in 1867. The USSR wasn't established untill 1922.

[@Laparganjikhn]

3:45 Marx didn’t mean it like that. He meant that religion is something that’s relaxing the masses in such dark times of inequality. Opium in those times was used as a medicinal drug for pain.

[@ChasingAananda]

I love this channel and video. I feel like i've learnt so much and feel energetic to explore more rather than engage in popular culture.

[@Chfuli2]

what's wrong with Alaska? :(

[@kinneko3]

It's cursed mate

[@sketchyskateboardingasmr6531]

its been infected by communism due to a low IQ population.

[@artistrg3487]

Bio-Sexual Interface But it has the second biggest oil industry in the country tho. And it has a small population 🤔

[@SeanWinters]

@@artistrg3487 like Venezuela?

[@gavinhudson5251]

@@sketchyskateboardingasmr6531 I thought it was full of Sarah Palin people.

[@seyi1168]

Calvinist and Reformed Guy here!!

[@dochmbi]

Can you make a video about Max Stirner?

[@Stocsa97]

no he's too spooked to make an appearance

[@raffaojeda]

Good analysis and summary of capitlism in this video of Max Weber. He was a sociologist .

[@tee-tree]

Please make more sociology videos! These are amazing! Keep up the good work! :)

[@mariuszj3826]

Edward Said's post-colonial theory would turn Max Weber's misunderstanding of non-western countries' failure to adapt such systems on its head; and why adapting them works against their benefit. It affects them not just on a spiritual level, but relates to invasiveness of such alien systems threatning one's cultural identity. It is a huge reason why there's an uprising of extreme nationalist movements in the greater middle-east for example. Great Job on your videos. I like how you take the substance of a person you talk about and do not add any personal bias.

[@ariel_haymarket]

While I appreciate Weber's attempt to describe the authorities in periods, I believe he ultimately made too simplistic an observation. Many authorities in our time mix the hero archetypes with "divine" right to a policy or position, as well as make it so that outsiders cannot easily understand the workings of politics and the market. Good video as always.

[@Tschoo]

What this reminds me of, this correalating ideas with the economic situation of a country, is how Phillipp Zimbardo talks about time and time types and how this affects the economy and attitude towards the economy among others. Zimbardo categorises 6 distinct time types: (in his book "The time paradox") -past positive -past negative -present hedonistic -present fatalistic -future oriented -transcendental future oriented What he is suggesting is that the perspective of time which one has, has enourmous significance for how one goes about living ones live. For example a present hedonistic person will always give the present moment more attention than what might lie in the future such as finishing your university degree or trying to have good health at an older age. One trait that is important for such kind of person is impulsivity which in turn is a big factor in addiction. An example for a future oriented person might be your usual overachiever, who has everything planned out in advance, is in control of his or her passions and tends to achieve what she has set out to do. A common trait would be punctuality. And now comes the interesting part in which I will try to widen Webers analysis: namely the transcendental future oriented persons. These persons live their life with the fixed belief of an afterlife in their mind, which has real psychological influence in the here and now. If we now assume that it is indeed not only the protestant ideology that made capitalism so fruitful in the few countries which adopted it, like the holiness of all work, but also the constant assurance of an afterlife. Now of course a judgemental god who judged you in the afterworld might especially have spured your efforts, but I think the essential part is that you even had anything to expect at all after death! This combined with a stabile economy combined gave, in my opinion, rise to the flora and fauna in which capitalism could grow and an age of future orientation, of punctual buses and correct market analysis was entered into. A world in which the protestant norm became THE norm. At least in the rich north. In the poorer region of this world, where the structure of societies is not as stable as in the West the present-hedonist/present-fatalistic view of the world is still very relevant. If the people have no trust in their institutions or their government, or have any kind of perspective, they will indeed more likely to do what is sometimes forgotten in our exact world: live in the moment and forgetting time. You are crazy if you read all of this. Stop wasting your time!

[@williambronge8946]

I might have misunderstood you, but Weber argues that the idea of predestination was an important factor for capitalism to take form. Those who were diligent and frugal were thought to be elect to an afterlife in heaven, so protestants strove to be diligent and frugal. The anxiety that one were not to go to heaven after dying, but hell, was was lessened if one acted in accordance with the virtues in protestant thought. There is no constant assurance of an afterlife in Calvinism, unless one considers an eternity of punishment an afterlife one would strive for.

[@Tschoo]

Loxo Donta Hmm well maybe I have misrepresented protestants a little here, but what I really just wanted to get across here is how the thought of an afterlife is a good motivator in the here and now. Maybe I haven't widenend Webers theory but I hope that I have at least achieved to bring Zimbardos theory of time and Webers analysis of capitalism into conjunction.

[@Theemotionmachineblog]

Loxo Donta Belief in after-life doesn't equal "predestination." The fact that protestants believed you have to "work" or "earn" your way to heaven would be more indicative of free will than predestination.

[@solidus1995]

This was quite interesting, thanks for sharing

[@Michael-px9oo]

I am crying when I am learning his theories.

[@OdinOfficialEmcee]

Marx didn't say religion pacified people, he said it was a mechanism of hopefulness in a world lacking hope, a source of anesthesia against the plight of a severe and difficult life. While he thought it held people back, he reckognized it's important social function but sought transcendence therefrom

[@xXMaGGoXx]

Dear School of Life crew, I'm loving your videos so far. Just one little thing that bugs me: you're presenting Max Webers Ideas as though they are universally accepted as facts, although many of todays experts in economics (i.e. 'Why Nations Fail') haven proven him to be wrong. keep it up!

[@KookieMonster]

i’m doing a sociology elective which has an essay coming and this video explains better than my professor thank you so much;-;

[@philbelanger2]

Some problems with this analysis: some rich capitalist nations are catholic and capitalism works just fine in non-christian East Asian countries (Japan, South Korea, Singapore and China more everyday).

[@celeneky]

Weber was specifically describing capitalism in western societies. He goes into great depths to explain that there is a difference between western capitalism and capitalism in Asian countries and that his analysis is on western capitalism. He also explains this difference in terms of religious ideals (Asian countries having more "mystical", other-worldly religions and Western countries having ascetic, inner-worldly religions) and how these differences play out in the economy.

[@Suryapoosarla]

celeneky fine if that is true that idealogy influences wealth then why up to 15th or 16th china and india are most wealthy nations.... Adam Smith claimed China had long been one of the richest, that is, one of the most fertile, best cultivated, most industrious, most prosperous and most urbanized countries in the world...according to british economist angus madisson china is the largest economy and richest upto 16th centuary The gross domestic product of Mughal India in 1600 was estimated at about 24.3% the world economy, the second largest in the world at that time...presently the world gdp share of u.s which is richest country in the world is about 19%... i think max weber completely gone wrong in his analysis....

[@Tasurincci]

***** Weber analyzed the case of India in his book "Hinduism and Buddhism". The video extrapolates his tesis. If you want, Weber's question is how a pitiful country like Great Britain came dominate over much wealthier countries as India, and to smack the face of the Chinesse empire. European powers managed to develop very rapidly incredible sources of power and the means to administer them, the question is, what on those countries allowed such changes. A purely marxist perspective would say, "well, they had the Wealth of America", then you realize, that much of that wealth, specially it's silver, ended throught trade in China and India, why didn't they started the industrial revolution?

[@yiwanye3794]

+Philippe Belanger Max Weber is talking about the genesis of capitalism, not whether capitalism works in non-protestant countries. Weber also wrote a book about religion around the world. His theory suggest only Christianity (Calvinism) can give birth to capitalism/modern industrialism. He argues that Catholicism, Dadaism and Hinduism discourage monetary cumulation and scientific and social progress. Unlike Protestants (christians who protest against the catholic church), these religions encourage submission to earthly authority and hedonism. Japan and many other Asian countries intimate Capitalistic countries only when they observe the benefit of Capitalism. The logic is clear: you don't need Protestants in your country to adopt capitalism.

[@Suryapoosarla]

+tasurrincci we dont industrial revolution before great britan arrived to india..india was highly industralised economy...we have textile,ship building,world famous stell and other mineral industry....then comes the question how great china and india lost battles to britian which had smaller forces...answer is simple divide and rule and gun against people who uses swords...

[@celeneky]

For those of you who think Weber was only talking about Germany or that his theories aren't still relevant today, the entire focus for Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism was on capitalism in the West, and particularly the U.S. He wasn't saying that capitalism didn't exist in Asian or other countries, he was explaining the multiple factors he believed reinforced WESTERN capitalism that made it so different from other capitalist countries. In his theory, the Protestant Ethic in the U.S. was one of the driving (and reciprocal) forces influencing and being influenced by capitalism in that specific sociohistorical context. Although the Western world isn't as religious (in terms of practice) as it might have been when he wrote P.E., this is just one of many factors Weber saw to influence what we see today. His work on bureaucracy/power/authority is as relevant as ever, as well as his ideas on types of social action. His work on religion (not just this study) has hugely impacted the subfield of Sociology of Religion and his work is extremely important to the entire discipline of sociology. This is a short, (informative) video but Weber is so much more complex and comprehensive than this. I wish people would actually do their research before judging scholarly work.

[@pwardperkins]

Extremely clear and interesting. I hope you make more sociology videos like these.

[@giestas]

The idea of Bureaucratic Authority is very interesting; something I had thought about before but didn't have the concept to articulate. Once again, nice video!

[@faramaruf9371]

Hi! I love your videos, and I find them extremely helpful for my Sociology AS level. Can you do a video on other sociological perspectives such as functionalism (Durkheim, Parsons)/feminism/postmodernism? :) Thank you xx

[@ZackGomez198035]

I am also going to pick The School of Life as my Sociology official Sociology channel.

[@tatianatilly7610]

These videos are wonderful and inspiring, but where are the videos about Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil or Simone de Beauvoir?

[@Tonixxy]

Protestanism with maxim,, Work as much as you can, earn as much money as you can, give as much as you can'' is the highest form of Christianity to date. It enabled creation of modern world.

[@gregjohnson819]

I deem this the new best channel on youtube. You're welcome. Lol.

[@franciscocastrorichter7316]

This is great. I would just mention that marxian analysis is very complementary to weberian analysis, as provided, for example, by thinkers like Antonio Gramsci or Erik Olin Wright. This, despite the orthodox (and sometimes stupid) marxist refusal for taking into account religion and the deep cultural dimensions of society as an important component and value. Thank you!

[@Goingby20s]

I appreciate Max Weber's views, but I do have to say I disagree with them, how can one say that capitalism is a result of Protestantism when according to many historians it first developed in its modern stages in city states located in Italy as a result of exhanges primarily with Muslim merchants. Also, the idea that Protestatism is the only force in the planet that would coerce people to be audacious, work-oriented or ethical is ridicolous, Colombus was not a Protestant, yet that did not stop his desire to face the unknown and land in the Americas, ancient Chinese and Japananese used to work extremely hard and have a very strong set of moral rules to guide society despite not being Protestants... Most major CEOs today are not religious, yet that won't stop them from feeling guilty or anxious.

[@filiprajakovic]

Thank you so much for simplifying Max Weber thesis

[@ricardoguanipa8275]

this reminded me so much of the "bloody Catholics" sketch in Monty python's meaning of life

[@jameszhang8152]

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[@tokmakerdin]

This channel is the Embodiement (?) of pleasing my thirst for knowledge. thank you sir. thank you.

[@andyrath630]

Weber's and Marx's ideas on religion and politics, that were brought up in the video, actually do well to support one another. With religion, the people are able to tolerate capitalism (Marx) and they may also be driven to be capitalistic (Weber). This can be seen in secularism on the political compass; secular people tend to be leftist, and religious people tend to be rightists.

[@AnotherGradus]

I wonder if exporting all of that post-modern, cultural relativism in universities for the last 60 years severely impeded the transition of those clan oriented, superstitious, & short-term-planning cultures to a more Western, albeit more anxious ones. It's strange to think of the dreaded "globalized mono-culture" as a force of good (in moderation, of course).

[@puppiesyay]

Paul Keefer The global mono culture I think is pretty clearly a net good. Because it is a two way street, the variation between the US and France (for example) is much less today, BUT the variation within BOTH France and the US is also greater. So cultures are getting "wider" even as they move closer together.

[@ibodhidogma]

Rockn Outt How can variation within the countries be greater is they are sharing more and more of the same goods and services? For example; if there are more and more IKEAs every year, and more and more houses filled with IKEA furniture, where is the variation /within/ each culture?

[@puppiesyay]

Eric John Well I think you need to take a step back. Lets assume there is IKEA and Target (american retailer that sells some furniture). Target is only in the US (where it began) and IKEA is only in Sweden. At this point when speaking about furniture both countries are very different. People in Sweden have totally different furniture than those in the US. But enter globalization, now people in both Sweden and the US have BOTH stores, IKEA and Target (because both countries expanded globally). Now see that Sweden and the US have less variance, as in both people in both countries have the same furniture (a mix of Target and IKEA) but the variation WITHIN each nation is also greater. As in they both went from having only IKEA or only Target to having both choices. So the variation BETWEEN the 2 countries is actually less, but WITHIN each country there is much more variation. Not the best example but I think you can see my point.

[@lliihhaann]

Rockn Outt Your 'global mono culture' is not desirable. You forgot that Target and IKEA are fundamentally corporations. Your local ethnic food place is another expression of globalized capitalism. The cultic and heroic principles of the Ancient world were devised by peoples, consciously or not, for the sake of happiness and spirituality that was specific to their time and place. Modernity is the destruction of these ways of life. Do Swedes derive happiness from commodities they buy/sell through IKEA? Perhaps, but that is ultimately materialistic thinking.

[@puppiesyay]

lliihhaann Friend, I think you misunderstood me completely! Those were weak examples of a principle, not a globalization "success story". Replace Target and IKEA with philosophy, religion, art, anything. You can find great anime in the US, watch great south Korean films in Europe, Soccer/futbol!, I just got a "flat white" at Starbucks the other day a drink invented in Australia, I can eat (pretty) good food from China, India, Pakistan, Greece, and many more within minutes of my suburban home in the US. So both in Australia and here we're drinking "flat white" coffees, does that sound like evil corporations? Or like "mono culture"? My roommate binge watching anime in Japanese? Is that the destruction of our culture? I think not! So try to take the example I gave with Target and IKEA and simply replace it with any idea, cultural norm, art, etc. We share a more common culture because we can experience more of other cultures than ever before and its natural to take the best and leave the rest. The Chinese export their rich culture with martial arts classes and great food and they watch US films, play soccer, and wear Nike in return. Long winded but whatever

[@lazieman8154]

In order to change the world, you have to change your mind.

[@waxosoax]

I like these videos a lot, however I feel that there are many unchecked biases that need to be resolved.

[@River_StGrey]

waxosoax For the most part, School of Life seems more interested in reporting what an individual believed and put forth, and less inclined to deliver conjecture on who was right or why. So, bias is to be expected without necessarily being evidence of endorsement.

[@nicolemusic2242]

His conclusion is very interesting and very applicable to the climate crisis. Money and technology are only tools -- and they certainly help, we shouldn't underestimate their power -- but what is ultimately needed to achieve long-lasting change is your purpose, outlook and ideology. I also find it interesting how, counterintuitively, gradual change in policies is more productive/leads to more change in the long run than a complete overturn of the system/someone radical/a revolution.

[@Aokaimusic]

I want to harness the work ethic of protestants but without the belief of a divine being....sigh

[@Watcher863]

Well, what scares you? Pretend that whatever it is, is watching you, and judging you, silently.

[@Hhenryarero]

Work Hard and all Work is holy

[@ianisc00lio]

why are iceland, greenland, alaska, singapore, taiwan and hong kong not considered "blue" capitalist countries? granted, most of these can be seen as territories of countries, but it seems kinda funny that ukraine is considered a "successful" capitalist country whereas iceland or singapore is not

[@AFrozenSolidAngel]

How have I only just found this! this is exactly the sort of channel that inspires me to learn :D

[@datolive9564]

Can you do a video on Emile Durkheim?

[@datolive9564]

absolute legends! this channel has helped me in college with sociology and religious studies and i find you guys really entertaining! :)

[@itsmatthew9545]

there is a video about him

[@frankology]

anyone else doing some last-minute sociology course homework just realised the video is seven minutes long and in that seven minutes i am submitting a form to change subjects

[@silaslee7881]

4:13 Alaska is highlighted as one of the "countries" where capitalism isn't working so well... lol

[@paullombard00]

I'm a proud Westerner of Protestant background. I work 12 hours per day and anxiety of the future grips me, but I do have a very financially comfortable life because of it.

[@georgenelson8917]

Yup, money is God to christen Protestants , was raised by and live totally surrounded by by these hypocrites

[@Adamantablade]

I think that George Carlin should be considered a great modern philosopher.

[@maximeriopel5305]

What did he write?

[@phillipahughes5484]

I have found The School of Life shorts incredibly helpful. Cheers guys x

[@gaylienz]

"a new outlook" or colonialism....

[@hamzaazzouz56]

The Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun is the founder of sociology . Five centuries later the first Western thinker appeared : French philosopher (Auguste Comte ) after reading Ibn Khaldun's books because of the emergence of social problems as a result of the French Revolution.

[@diamantsarout5958]

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[@tornado214]

just as Stalin said "Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas"

[@gnetkuji]

Sounds incredibly eurocentric to me. I mean, it would be hard to argue that capitalism hasn't flourished immensely in Japan or South Korea, but they are neither protestant nor under the sway of a similar guilt-bearing religion. Similarly, there are catholic nations which have flourished with capitalism. More majority-catholic nations on that world map were colored blue than protestant ones, point of fact. Given these facts, the lack of effectiveness of foreign aid seems to better fit a Marxist analysis, than one by Weber, in that those nations are poor for the same reason that there are wide sections of those capitalist nations which are unemployed. Their labor is simply unnecessary to meet the demands of the market, which itself does not include them because they lack the wealth to purchase at the same rates as capitalist nations. They are given money, which they in turn spend on goods from the West which is universally cheaper than making such goods themselves, thus perpetuating their own largely unemployed status. Adding on top of this the imperialist exploitation of their natural resources by industrialized economies, it is no wonder capitalism doesn't seem to be helping such nations as much as others. The religious affiliation of those nations which capitalism first took hold seems more coincidence than causal.

[@Tasurincci]

gnet kuji Weber never analyzed the 1rst/3rd world dilemma. It cannot be asked to him to answer for what he didn't intended a answer. That's the channels fault for extrapolating his tesis beyond it's borders. Weberian thought explains why do people values growth, effienciency and rationalization as ends on themselves. It's not just coincidence that the Industrial revolution started on the Anglosaxon world, but then we're speaking of the 18th century. Another thing is that Catholics came too to be forced to industrialize. Eventually, from the needs of competition, the "protestant ethos" spread and secularized, but the original craddles were still dominant for most of the 19th century.

[@wintermute3d]

gnet kuji Japan and South Korea are predominantly Confucian, which shares a very similar work ethos than Protestantism. Self-improvement, frugality and hard work.

[@gnetkuji]

***** Japan is not Confucian, nor were they at the time of Weber's writing. They were, as they are today, mostly Shintoist with a large minority of Buddhists. All other religions, including both Christianity and Confucianism, make up less than ten percent of the population combined. There was so called "Neo-Confucianism" during the Edo period, but it was entirely dead and replaced by the time Japan's borders were opened and industrialization began. As for Korea, the research there is confusing because the state has an odd way of classifying religions which leaves nearly half the country as being counted as having "no religion." Even so, most estimates place Confucianism in South Korea at less than 2% of the population. Historically, the Joseon were Neo-Confucianist even after it had fallen out of favor in Japan, but it largely died out with the end of the Joseon kingdom at the end of the 19th century, long before the mass industrialization of Korea.

[@Tasurincci]

gnet kuji Japan underwent a similar process with confucianism, as catholics did with protestantism. It's tennets took hold, more from the force of social institutions thanfrom actual worship.

[@HToothrot]

gnet kuji He did try to analyse Chinese and Indian structures of authority, and I've heard that he did a bad job at it. Having read quite a lot of Weber I agree with your comment and I think the video is somewhat misleading. I don't think that 'Protestantism and the spirit of capitalism' actually suggested that Protestantism lead to capitalism, just that they had striking similarities. If we were being generous to Weber we could argue that a Weberian analysis would suggest that each society would develop a capitalism that fits their ethic. Although we shouldn't forget that Protestantism went hand in hand with colonialism. Making colonies productive and making colonies christian were still synonyms in Weber's day.

[@meikylawan3148]

Ideas are important.

[@CarlosSanchez-ev3bn]

i don't like weber

[@faraday8280]

Adorno fan?

[@stefbojic]

Wonderful channel! Keep it going!

[@konstancemakjaveli]

Alaska isnt US haha lol.

[@pickmepickme1035]

Matīss Veinbergs yes it is

[@konstancemakjaveli]

Jackson Naughton in map

[@nolongeranihilist1659]

Matīss Veinbergs Alaska is part of the Usa

[@bgs2004]

I forgot his name and was just looking around this channel for weber thanks!

[@damianthompson703]

There is so much more to Weber than his Protestant ethic thesis (which you oversimplify). He later believed that charisma was the driving force of history - the source of ideas that were 'routinised' by other forms of authority. He never wrote about ages of tradition, charisma and bureaucracy, though you're right to say that he felt humanity was being trapped in an 'iron cage' of rationality that endangered the inspiration that comes with charisma. He hoped that directly elected charismatic politicians could keep bureaucracy in its place; one of his heroes was Gladstone.

[@talynhastime9343]

Can confirm, am Lutheran and I've been anxious since I was born.

[@jwisen]

Why is it that Alaska is not considered part of the United States in this video (4:05-4:20)?

[@lukeknopp4267]

This is excellent. But I would like to suggest that Weber's idea that capitalism was in part a product of religion does not necessarily negate that of Marx's "opium of the people". In fact, it strengthens it; if it is indeed the case that Protestantism helped to create the conditions for capitalism, that religious fervor could act to blind one's mind to the social relations that capitalism itself brought about (until you happen to read Marx!). This is, of course, the basis for any critique of ideology. I would have also liked to see a bit about Weber's "ideal types", as this is a huge contribution to the methodology involved in modern sociology. Cheers!

[@ndelgado3]

I'd love a video of Sombart explaining the modern capitalism.

[@ribbongraph_old]

I enjoyed the explanation of capitalism and found the conclusions quite stimulating. However, that was possibly the worst explanation of Protestantism I have ever heard. (Admittedly, I'm not sure whether it is Weber's error or yours. But since Weber isn't here to defend himself, I'm blaming you for presenting his poor understanding as accurate). - While it is true that in Protestantism, only God is able to forgive anyone, one of the centrepoints of the reformation was insisting that salvation was by faith alone and *not* through proving oneself to God by good works. ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sola_gratia ) - Also, "Protestantism... eventually turned its back on miracles". What?! Perhaps if one interprets that to mean that "Many protestants now believe miracles no longer occur today", you have half a leg to stand on (it's a hotly debated issue among protestant theological academia and clergy), but outright rejection of miracles? Most certainly not! A trivial example: the belief in the Resurrection of Christ remains central in the vast majority of religious groups which self-identify as Christian (that is, after all, the belief which started the Christian movement in the first century!). These are not minor technicalities, but failure in even basic understanding of this religious group. Try at least reading a Wikipedia article or two next time, or maybe the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( www.iep.utm.edu/luther/ ), if you're not keen enough to read some Luther or Calvin.

[@Nakedwow]

+Chris Shaw Anyone else notice when this channel speaks of something as a positive it is a Marxist ideal. If it casts a negative light on something that is traditionally viewed as negative threw the Marxist lens. Religion, most especially Christianity are super duper bad.

[@ShakuShingan]

+Chris Shaw Lutheranism provides a weak version of emphasis on work through emphasis on the notion of the "calling." This isn't to say that work is required for salvation, but that a saved person works well in the occupation to which they are "called." The stronger form of this view is in Calvinism, where salvation is predestined--God has already made up his mind. As regards this in relation to work, this is more to do with "certainty of salvation." If you are confident that you are saved, you're not going to be lazy, but live up to what you view as the ideal of one's "calling." You can never be 100% confident, so one is encouraged to never rest on one's laurels and display one's certain salvation to everyone else. As regards miracles, Weber does use the difference in belief in transubstantiation between Protestants and Catholics to emphasize the Protestant rejection of the notion that singular good deeds can bring about salvation. So, the video is not inaccurate, it's just glossing over Weber's explanation very quickly, and it's worth reading his work. In the end, I think that to a certain degree it does make sense, when you see the driving energy of early industrial capitalism in Calvinists, but also the Dissenters, Puritans, and Quakers. As Benjamin Franklin, who was raised as a Puritan, said "time is money." The presence of steam power wasn't enough--Ἥρων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς of course wrote about steam power in Roman Egypt, but the impulse to put it to use wasn't present because the motivating ideas and worldviews were not in place.

[@FIROJKHAN-rx8kz]

Love this video..super good clarity !!

[@sarahsalmay]

Great, clear video ! Thanks studying for my sox exam - SA

[@ioan_jivan]

Japan would fit very well with his ideas

[@eges72]

People call Weber "The right wing of Sociology." But I think he is more like that guy who was born progressive but explained his perfect analysis in the name of religion, "conservatism" at that time.