It gives us input in understanding the social world. Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a significant example of comparative-historical research because it examines the social phenomenon over a prolong period of time. Weber had a phenomenon. Why the European capitalist economic system was working in some parts of Europe but not others. Weber was investigating why Protestantism might have been connected to the early rise of capitalism (67). He concluded that being economically successful was a way of showing your value to god. However, consuming whatever you have been a sign that you were not one of the choice who would be led to Heaven (67). Weber showed how sociologists can draw upon history to test important propositions about society by using historical variance to test a theory about the importance of religion (67). The goal of research is the hope of gaining more knowledge of the social
It gives us input in understanding the social world. Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is a significant example of comparative-historical research because it examines the social phenomenon over a prolong period of time. Weber had a phenomenon. Why the European capitalist economic system was working in some parts of Europe but not others. Weber was investigating why Protestantism might have been connected to the early rise of capitalism (67). He concluded that being economically successful was a way of showing your value to god. However, consuming whatever you have been a sign that you were not one of the choice who would be led to Heaven (67). Weber showed how sociologists can draw upon history to test important propositions about society by using historical variance to test a theory about the importance of religion (67). The goal of research is the hope of gaining more knowledge of the social