Sociological Perspectives
Midterm #2
Answer both questions. Each answer should be 3 to 5 typed double-spaced pages (12 point font).
Use parenthetical citation in the text to indicate sources used and relevant page numbers, and
include a bibliography at the end.
1. Max Weber and Emile Durkheim both see a relationship between the spread of Protestant
belief systems in the West and central tendencies in the shift from traditional to modern
society. Compare Weber’s theory of the Protestant ethic and the development of
capitalism with Durkheim’s analysis of the relationship between Protestantism and
increased rates of suicide. What do these arguments reveal about the central features of
modernity for each theorist? 2. Weber and Durkheim both perceive a progressive weakening of religious authority in the
modern West. Compare and contrast Weber’s theories of the “disenchantment of the
world” and the “iron cage” of rationality with Durkheim’s arguments concerning the shift
from mechanical to organic solidarity. What features of the modern world serve to
undermine religious worldviews and affiliation? Is meaning and/or moral order possible
in the absence of religious regulation?

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