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Social Characterology. From the Protestant Ethic, via the Social Ethic, to the Hacker Ethic

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)87-95
JournalDistinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory
Publication statusPublished - 2005

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)

Free keywords

  • social ethic
  • hacker ethic
  • protestant ethic
  • social character
  • sociologi
  • way of life
  • sociology

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