reformations & the protestant work ethic (1500s -1700s)
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Reformations & the Protestant Work Ethic (1500s -1700s)
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A note on Reformations
Renaissance: Intellectual
Protestant: Spiritual & Individualism
English: Political
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The Renaissance:(1490s – 1700s)
Birth of Humanism Ability of the human mind
Time of re-thinking Mysticism to rationalism
Universities emerge Liberalism Dissent Threat to Roman Catholisism
Printing Press
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The Renaissance: (1490s – 1700s)
Intellectual Reformation
Rediscovery of Greek Classics
Aristotle (384 -322 BCE) Test for knowledge
logicEarth SciencesClassificationDissection
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The Renaissance: Birth of ScienceRadical Idea: Search for answers in nature (laws) Nature made perfect by “Man” [sic]
Legitimizes secular authority
Medical advances Hands on experiments Increased population
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The Renaissance: Birth of ScienceRadical Idea: Search for answers in nature (laws) Nature made perfect by “Man” [sic]
Legitimizes secular authority
Medical advances Hands on experiments Increased population
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Renaissance & Reason
The Prince – Machiavelli (1513)
Reason becomes understood in terms of calculation*
Virtue becomes the deeds men must do..
““rich treasury rich treasury & poor citizens”& poor citizens”
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Gallileo (1563-1643)
Challenged Aristotle's essence of objects & world
Trial 1633 Scholasticism Aquinas work...Scholastic philosophy was written by and
for the clergy who dominated European universities
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The Renaissance: Birth of ScienceRadical Idea: Search for answers in nature (laws) Nature made perfect by “Man” [sic]
Legitimizes secular authority
Medical advances Hands on experiments Increased population
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Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther (1483 – 1546)• Holy Roman Empire
• Germany• Coal mining community• Late Industrialization
Professor of TheologyMonkLegal Scholar
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The Protestant Reformation
1517 – The 95 Theses
Castle Church, Wittenberg Protestant Reformation Affirmed secular
authority Questions wealth of
church vs. poor
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English Reformation
Protestant Work Ethic: Abstinence Rewards in afterlife (salvation)
Work hard, save, moderate consumption, belief
Success indicates “Gods blessing”
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Weber: Critique of Work Ethic
Individualism w/emphasis on labor and success benefits capitalism
Ideal laborersMiddle ClassPoverty = individual
flaw state not responsible