A. a rejection of the ideological function of religion
B. a refutation of economic determinism
C. a vindication of the morality of capitalism
D. an explanation of Third-World underdevelopment
Related Mcqs:
- The Protestant denomination emphasized in Max Weber,s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism was_______________?
A. Baptism
B. Anglicanism
C. Calvinism
D. Lutheranism - The Protestant Ethic supported capitalism through the religious doctrine that praised_________________?
A. hard work and thrift
B. predestination
C. turning the other cheek
D. buying indulgences - Weber,s abstract model of bureaucracy entails______________?
A. task specialization governed by explicit rule
B. a pyramid of authority based on inherited privilege
C. leadership by a self-appointed
D. None of the above - Max Weber believed that_______________?
A. property was the only determinant of class
B. class was based on exploitation of the masses
C. class is closely related to life chances
D. societies should have at least three classes - Max Weber intended his “ideal type” of bureaucracy as an_______________?
A. accurate description of existing bureaucracies
B. idealized or exaggerated model of rational administration
C. explanation of elite domination
D. obviously false portrait of democratic administration - Power is defined by Max Weber as the ability to__________________?
A. be the strongest in mind and body
B. carry out one,s wishes in spite of resistance
C. gain consent
D. do as one pleases - Max Weber,s notion of life chances closely resembles the concept of________________?
A. social status
B. personal power
C. social power
D. occupational prestige - The text primarily applied Weber,s notion of status to______________?
A. positions in the social system
B. ranked occupational positions
C. spending and consumption patterns
D. prestige derived from ancestry - In the United States an example of a taboo is_______________?
A. making money
B. marrying sister
C. gambling
D. climbing Mt Rushmore - Recent events vividly demonstrate that nationalism is_______________?
A. dead
B. the source of wars and atrocities
C. at most a quaint reminder of past political cultures
D. the bastion of freedom and world peace
