La thèse analyse la façon dont Calvin justifie un engagement sans limite dans le travail, en faveur de la recherche de prospérité, alors que paradoxalement il condamne la quête d’enrichissement personnel et la poursuite de ses propres intérêts. Le devoir de travailler repose sur un devoir dit de lieutenance (lieu-tenance), qui signifie que tout homme est responsable d’agir tel que Dieu l’aurait fait à sa place. Il en découle la nécessité d’un engagement sans limite dans le travail, un devoir de performance individuelle et une responsabilité sociale. L’humain est compris comme fragile et dépendant des autres, ne pouvant surmonter sa fragilité qu’en s’engageant dans une relation d’alliance avec Dieu et avec les hommes. En contrepartie de son engagement, il trouve le bonheur. Cette interprétation diffère de l’éthique calviniste décrite par Max Weber dans l’Ethique Protestante et l’esprit du capitalisme. Elle accorde une grande valeur aux échanges économiques, à travers lesquels se construit la société. La justice consiste en la mise en œuvre conjointe de l’équité et de la libéralité dans les échanges. / The thesis analyzes the way Calvin justifies a commitment without limit in work, in search of prosperity, while paradoxically condemning the quest for personal enrichment and the pursuit of one’s own interests. The duty to work is based on a duty named lieutenancy. It means that every man or women is responsible for acting as God would have done in his or her place. Goods are given to lead to prosperity as a sign of divine providence in order to constitute a just and contented society. This entails the necessity of a limitless commitment to work, a search for individual performance and social responsibility. The human being is understood as fragile and depending on others, only being able to surmount his or her fragility through a covenantal relationship with God and people. In return for this commitment, he or she finds happiness. This interpretation differs from the Calvinist ethics described by Max Weber in The Protestant Ethic and the spirit of the capitalism. It leads to assigning a high value to economic exchanges, through which a fraternal society is constructed. Justice consists in implementing equity mutually and liberality in the exchanges.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:48:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mario Eduardo de Oliveira.pdf: 1517477 bytes, checksum: 9c55a0965a8a3a2307913fc574d4a138 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-19 / This master consists in identifying which the dogmatic religious contents would work as good as a factor of psychological incentive to the moral, economic and political activism, in order to understand the possible influences of those contemporary reformed protestant ethos in relation to the work. Leaving from the analysis by Max Weber in the work "The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of the Capitalism" that identified that psychological incentive factor to the doctrine of the predestination, the author tries to presents what the Protestant reforming understands about that doctrine. Try to establish a new relationship [doctrine versus work] through the theory of social representations application, according to the model developed by Serge Moscovici, treading opposite road to Weber, in order words, the expression of learned principles to connect them to the dogmatic content. To know the way contemporary reformed protestant express his inner principles a research have been taken in one of the Brazil’s Presbyterian church communities, located at the east of the city of Sao Paulo. Leaving of the research, it is showed: a) importance of the religious content amid the modern society. b) Which are the possible influences that it exercises on the Protestant ethos. c) Recognize that influence in creating work concepts and the individual s relationship with himself. d) If there is some contribution that interests to modern private organizations positively. / Este trabalho consiste em identificar que conteúdo dogmático religioso serve como fator de estímulo psicológico para o ativismo moral, econômico e político, a fim de compreender suas possíveis influências sobre o Ethos Protestante Reformado contemporâneo em relação ao trabalho. Partindo da análise feita por Max Weber na obra "A Ética Protestante e o Espírito do Capitalismo" que identificou esse fator de estímulo psicológico à doutrina da predestinação, o autor apresenta o que o protestante reformando entende sobre essa doutrina. Busca estabelecer nova relação [doutrina versus trabalho] por meio da aplicação da teoria das representações sociais, conforme o modelo desenvolvido por Serge Moscovici, trilhando o caminho oposto ao de Weber, ou seja, da exteriorização dos princípios apreendidos para ligá-los ao conteúdo dogmático. Para conhecer a maneira como o protestante reformado contemporâneo exterioriza os princípios por ele internalizado, levou-se á efeito uma pesquisa de campo numa das comunidades da igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil, localizada na região leste da cidade de São Paulo. A partir dela, demonstra-se: a) a importância do conteúdo religioso em meio à sociedade moderna; b) quais são as possíveis influências que exerce sobre o ethos protestante; c) como reconhecer essa influência na formação do conceito do trabalho e na relação do indivíduo com o mesmo; d) se há alguma contribuição que interesse às organizações privadas modernas.

On démontre trois choses dans ce travail : 1) L’histoire politique de la Macédoine, sous les Antigonides, est à comprendre à partir du problème du charisme et de ce que Weber appelle sa « quotidiennisation ». 2) Ce processus dépend d’une forme de sociologie, qui fait s’alterner pente à la construction d’une bureaucratie et nécessité d’une remotivation périodique de l’institution monarchique. 3) Cette sociologie s’enracine enfin dans la nature même du social, tantôt pratique démotivée, tantôt réenchantée, comme on le vérifiera ici à partir du problème du culte aux dirigeants et de la croyance. / This Phd studies the relationship between kings and subjects in Macedonia. It has three goals. 1) To give a comprehensive history of the Antigonids, by using Weber’s concepts (charisma and routinization) on three topics (King’s body, kings and queen, the constitution of a bureaucracy). 2) To study the hesitation of this regime between pomp and simplicity (kolakeia, parrêsia, hellenistic palace). 3) To ling this structural feature with a reflection on the nature of the Kingdom (by studying the ruler’s cult : did the Greek believec in their divinity ? What is belief ?)

Many scholars claim that Pentecostalism is the fastest growing religious phenomenon in human history. Using two important essays of Max Weber as a foundation, this thesis examines whether growth of Pentecostalism in Latin America is promoting the Protestant Ethic described by Weber as well as Social Capital and Spiritual Capital. Analyzing data from the World Values Survey, this thesis argues that growth of Pentecostalism in Latin America is not creating a new Protestant Ethic among its followers, nor is Pentecostalism creating any greater Social Capital or Spiritual Capital among its followers when compared to other religious groups in the region. This thesis argues that the strong emotional character of Pentecostalism weighs against the creation or Social Capital and Spiritual Capital and that the tendency of Pentecostals to find assurance of their salvation in emotional experience does not promote the frugality or rationalization of work necessary for the Protestant Ethic.

The aim of this thesis is to explore the influence of religion on the work ethic values of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owner-managers in Turkey. The emergence of religious/pious business people in Turkey has been regarded as a phenomenon. This research pays special attention to the religious transformation and secularism in Turkey. It is based on semi-structured qualitative interviews with 32 Turkish SME owner-managers. The sample of the study has been divided into two groups: The practicing Muslim Turkish managers (the religious group), and non/less practicing Muslim Turkish managers (the secular group). Discourse analysis of the qualitative data, first, clarifies where to seek the religious influence on business activities. It indicates that the influence of religion should be sought within individuals‘ conduct/manner of living leading the moral values and the mentalities of the business people, rather than seeking cause and affect relationship. The contemporary Islamic interpretation in Turkey, as it is called Turkish/Anatolian interpretation of Islam, is found to re-shape the existing teachings of the religion and reproduce the religious structure through the practices. In this respect, five distinguishing characteristics emerged as signs of the religious influence behind the pious business people‘s actions: Hard work as an Islamic duty, good will (intention), responsibility, bounty/benevolence and the balance/equilibrium in one‘s life. It is also observed that the new Islamic discourse in Turkey provides moral energy exclusively for the religious business people in terms of influencing and encouraging entrepreneurial activities. Meanwhile, the study demonstrates that the work ethic values of the religious Turkish SME owner-managers have been evolving to be more rational and professional, especially after the 1980s liberal economy. This transformation has been evaluated within the concept of secularisation.

This essay studies the European Union and the European asylum system from Max Webers authority theory. The EU considers to be an area of freedom and human rights, but recent events have shown inadequacies in the asylum system that was established by the Dublin Regulation 2003. The Hungarian government is one of the member countries of the EU that has refused and declined their obligations towards the EU. The aim of this study is to see why the EU have failed in implementing a functioning asylum policy and how the lack of authority have resulted in an insufficient asylum system for an international organization. The conclusion in this essay is that the Union is allowing member countries to not be cooperating with the European laws and the absence of authority and efficiency has led to some of the member countries to take advantage of it.

The problem of this research was to compare the ideas of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber concerning the relationship between society and religion. The primary sources for the study were The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Durkheim and The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and The Sociology of Religion by Weber. An effort was made to establish similarities and differences in the views of the two theorists concerning (1) religious influences on social life and, conversely, (2) social influences on religion.

Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal. / Ce mémoire interroge le rapport entretenu entre différentes formes de «prescriptions» présentes au sein d’une «communauté» constituée sur une base ethnique soit la «communauté turque» du quartier Parc-Extension de Montréal. L’idée maîtresse conduisant la réflexion donnant lieu à cette recherche part du constat que le droit formel des États Canadien et Québécois ne parvient pas à influencer véritablement certaines pratiques prescriptives familiales hautement normalisées. Ces pratiques sont ici différenciées, selon les distinctions du sociologue et juriste allemand Max Weber, entre «coutume», «convention» et «droit». Un travail de terrain, constitué d’une observation participante et d’entretiens compréhensifs, a fait émerger des résultats démontrant qu’une communauté caractérisée par une forte cohésion assure sa continuité par le respect de «prescriptions» majoritairement de type «conventionnel». Celles-ci destinées plus spécifiquement aux femmes, se présentent tant à l’intérieur de lieux publics turcs que dans la sphère familiale privée. En utilisant des techniques de contrôle social des plus efficaces, ces «conventions» s’avèrent être plus contraignantes qu’une règle garantie par le droit de l’État. La valeur principale validant la présence de ces «conventions» est principalement motivée par l’importance accordée à la préservation de l’honneur, tant familiale qu’ethnique, dont les membres se portent garant en respectant les «conventions» qui en assurent sa protection. / The object of this master thesis is to question the multiple social “prescriptions” that are present within an “ethnic community,” such as the Turkish community of the Parc-Extension area in Montreal. A central feature conducting this thesis is that formal law does not quite influence certain prescriptive family practices, which are highly normalized. These practices are differentiated through the distinct concepts of “custom,” “convention,” and “law” elaborated by the sociologist and jurist Max Weber. The fieldwork—which combines a participant observation as well as open-ended “comprehensive” interviews—leads to the conclusion that a community characterized by a strong group cohesion tends to insure the respect of these “prescriptions” that are generally “conventional.” Aimed mostly at women, these “prescriptions” can be found both within the public Turkish sphere and private one. Through efficient techniques of social control, these social conventions thus come to be more restricting than the rules instituted through state law. The key value behind these conventions is mostly linked to the importance of preserving honour within the family or ethnic community, whose members insure the protection and respect of these “conventions.”

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