Exam 4: Society

When Weber used the concept "rationality," he had in mind

__________ might point out that the internet threatens to increase the problem of anomie.

Assume you are studying a society that has just invented cities, has increasing specialization, and has just started using money to buy and sell goods and services. It is likely that the society is at which stage of socio-cultural evolution?

Karl Marx considered capitalism to be _____, but Max Weber argued that capitalism was very _____.

The Roman Empire at its peak power was what type of society?

Many pastoral societies are nomadic.

Gerhard Lenski argues that, eventually, we can expect technological invention to solve problems of peace and justice around the world.

What concept did Durkheim use to refer to social bonds, which are strong among members of industrial society and are based on specialization and mutual interdependence?

Gerhard Lenski dismissed technology as of little importance in shaping cultural patterns.

Weber believed that people living in pre-industrial societies hold strongly to rationality, while members of industrial societies celebrate tradition.

To compare societies at different times in history, Max Weber made use of

Hunting and gathering societies around the world contain a large and increasing share of global population

Compared to hunting and gathering societies, horticultural and pastoral societies have more productive specialization and greater social inequality.

In hopes of salvation, Calvinists were quick to share their wealth with the poor.

The social standing of women and men in hunting and gathering societies is

Hunting and gathering societies generate a productive surplus.

According to Karl Marx, what is one good thing about capitalism? At the same time, in his view, why does capitalism fail as an economic system?

Which of the following is NOT one of the seven characteristics of a rational organization as identified by Weber?

Identify the seven traits that define rational social organization, according to Max Weber.

Drawing on the ideas of Lenski, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, cite ways in which one might claim modern society is better than societies in the past. In what ways might any of these thinkers see modern society as getting worse?