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MAX WEBER'İN PROTESTAN AHLAKI İLE KAPİTALİZME SOSYAL İNŞACI YAKLAŞIM: SOSYAL KONSTRAKT OLARAK KAPİTALİZ

Year 2024, Volume: 25 Issue: 4, 473 - 485, 31.12.2024
https://doi.org/10.53443/anadoluibfd.1528978

Abstract

Kapitalizm ve Protestanlık arasındaki ilişki büyük tartışmalara yol açarken aynı zamanda yapıcı fikirlerin ortaya çıkmasına da sebep olmuştur. Bu makale, Weber'in analizini, sosyal inşacılık olarak da bilinen çok daha aktüel bir teorik çerçeveyle mukayese etmektedir. İnşacılık güncel sosyal teoriler arasında, kapitalizmin yükselişine dair anlamlı değerlendirme sunmaktadır. Weber’in yaklaşımı Protestan iş ahlakını potansiyel bir katalizör olarak sunarken, kapitalizmin sadece belirli bir teoloji ile sınırlı olduğunu ve dünyanın geri kalanının kapitalizmi gerçekleştiremeyeceğini öne sürer. Weber'in içgörüleri Occam'ın Usturası işlevi görse de kapitalizmin dünyanın diğer bölgelerinde nasıl gelişebileceğine dair açıklamaları da sınırlıdır. Alternatif olarak, sosyal inşacılık, kültürlerin kapitalist normlar ve ilişkiler inşa etme biçimlerini daha iyi açıklayan, kapitalizm için çok daha iyi bir teorik çerçeve sunar.

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MAX WEBER’S PROTESTANT ETHICS VERSUS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH TO CAPITALISM: CAPITALISM AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT

Year 2024, Volume: 25 Issue: 4, 473 - 485, 31.12.2024
https://doi.org/10.53443/anadoluibfd.1528978

Abstract

The association between capitalism and Protestantism has invoked much controversy, as well as ingenuity. This paper compares Weber’s analysis against a much more contemporary theoretical framework also known as social constructivism. Constructivism as a present-day social theory offers a compelling evaluation of how capitalism may have risen. While Weber offers the Protestant work ethic as a potential catalyst for his approach, his insights argue that capitalism can only be limited to a specific theology, rendering the rest of the world incapable of capitalism. Although Weber’s insights do function as Occam’s Razor, his explanation for how capitalism may flourish in other parts of the world remains restrained. As an alternative social constructivism emphasizes a much better theoretical frame for capitalism that offers a better explanation for how cultures may construct capitalist norms and relations.

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Primary Language English
Subjects Political Theory and Political Philosophy
Journal Section Research Article
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Ertuğrul Gökçekuyu 0000-0001-5037-499X

Publication Date December 31, 2024
Submission Date August 6, 2024
Acceptance Date December 2, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 25 Issue: 4

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APA Gökçekuyu, E. (2024). MAX WEBER’S PROTESTANT ETHICS VERSUS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH TO CAPITALISM: CAPITALISM AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT. Anadolu Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 25(4), 473-485. https://doi.org/10.53443/anadoluibfd.1528978


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