Social Characterology. From the Protestant Ethic, via the Social Ethic, to the Hacker Ethic
(2005) In Distinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory p.87-95- Abstract
- Starting out from Max Weber's "The Protestant Ethic" the article focuses on a number of authors – David Riesman, William H. Whyte, Daniel Bell and Pekka Himanen – who have used that book as a reference point in their endeavours to capture the spirit of their time. Key themes in the article are ways of life, the formation of social character and charcterological struggle.
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- author
- Heidegren, Carl-Göran LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2005
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- social ethic, hacker ethic, protestant ethic, social character, sociologi, way of life, sociology
- in
- Distinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory
- pages
- 87 - 95
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1600-910X
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 5e02aca4-4d0a-4b4c-8cc9-a45bfd785745 (old id 628551)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 09:25:39
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