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Dr. Zhang Chunjie (University of California, Davis): “Weber, China, and Cultural Pessimism”
Dr. Zhang Chunjie (University of California, Davis): “Weber, China, and Cultural Pessimism”
Abstract: This talk attempts to read Max Weber's treatise on Chinese Confucianism and Taoism, contained in his magnum opus Wirtschaftsethik der Weltreligionen, as a critique of a rationalism that Weber sees as the core component of Christian puritanism and as the foundational force for the rise of capitalism in Europe and America. This talk is […]