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7 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Aliases: sociologies

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Sociology

Around 1900, Jiang says Protestant capitalism had conquered the world through Germany, Britain, and the United States, making Weber, Durkheim, and Simmel diagnose its consequences from inside its triumph.

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Lecture claim dated 2025-03-27.

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Around 1900, Jiang says Protestant capitalism had conquered the world through Germany, Britain, and the United States, making Weber, Durkheim, and Simmel diagnose its consequences from inside its triumph.

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The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"We must exhort all Christians to gain all they can and to save all they can. That is, in effect, to grow rich, all..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"Even though most people are not Protestants, Protestant, the work ethic, the belief system, has conquered the world. Germany, Britain, United States are the..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything (Re-upload AUDIO FIXED -- Thanks to Gabriel Bessa)

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"...right. Now, because of these social changes, in two new fields, sociology and psychology, are developed in order to try to understand what these..."

Kill The Cult Of The Self

2025-06-04, day precision · Civilization #57: How Modernism Ruined Everything

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"All right, now, because of these social changes, two new fields, sociology and psychology, are developed in order to try to understand what these..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"...social scientists. They're Max Weber, who is considered the founder of sociology, Georg Simmel, and Emile Durkheim. These are the three major sociologists that..."

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