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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 10:45 PM
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Some of the things I never thought I would read
as part of the research... here I am... readying John Calvin... oy... but hey if we are to trace attitudes, yes they go to him and Erasmus and a few others...

And it was s'posed to be simply a history of labor, just them facts... damn intellectual history!
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 11:00 PM
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1. His Protestant Work Ethic is a good one to read for his views on
work and workers. I read it and still use it occasionally against the repugs. It is also where I learned what makes to rw religions tick. His double predestination theories are also why rwers think it is okay to discriminate against the poor, sick and minorities.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 11:11 PM
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2. Exactly
At this point I wish I knew latin to read it in the original
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-10 06:56 PM
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6. No, you need to know Deutsch.
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-15-10 11:53 PM
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3. Max Weber, isn't it?
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-10 03:18 PM
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4. Oops! You are right Weber wrote it and talks a great deal about
Calvin. Sorry. As a sociology major I should be ashamed. But it has been many years ago.
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-16-10 03:50 PM
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5. Calvin was a reflection of his times.

Ain't no accident that the views he expressed were congenial to the rising bourgeoisie. He was the metaphysical von Mises of his times.
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