Researching groups of lives: a collective biographical perspective on the Protestant ethic debate
Researching groups of lives: a collective biographical perspective on the Protestant ethic debate
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研究生命群体：新教伦理辩论的集体传记视角
DOI：
10.1177/146879410100100304
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发表时间：
2001
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Diana K. Jones
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作者：
Diana K. Jones
在这篇文章中，我讨论了传记，特别是传记，或集体传记，作为分析和解释社会历史现象的方法论工具的有效性。马克斯·韦伯关于显著影响现代职业主义发展的感知社会学因素的命题提供了焦点。讨论考虑了现有的关于传记的社会学文献，特别提到了Bulst，Erben，Denzin和Ferrarotti的工作。首先回顾了韦伯的假设--新教禁欲主义是现代职业文明的基础，传记资料的使用或缺乏。然后考虑将集体传记作为解决特定社会历史问题的一种方法工具。这主要是在劳伦斯·斯通释经的背景下进行的。近年来，这种方法在斯通的著作中得到了最系统的理论化。接下来是我自己对研究方法的应用--研究小组，案例研究的构建，以及使用传记证据的危险和局限性。精选的例子也包括在内。最后，我简要地思考了使用人口学的可能性，目的是将一个独特的社会经济群体的生活与另一个社会经济群体的生活进行比较。
In this article I discuss the efficacy of biography, in particular prosopography, or collective biography, as a methodological tool for analysing and interpreting socio-historical phenomena. Max Weber’s proposition regarding perceived sociological factors that have significantly influenced the development of modern vocationalism, provides the focus. The discussion takes account of existing sociological literature on biography, in particular reference is made to the work of Bulst, Erben, Denzin and Ferrarotti. Weber’s hypothesis - Protestant asceticism as the foundation of modern vocational civilization and the use or lack of use of biographical data, is first reviewed. Collective biography as a methodological tool for addressing particular socio-historic problems, is then considered. This is mainly within the context of Lawrence Stone’s exegesis. In recent years it is in the work of Stone that the approach has been most systematically theorized upon. This is followed by reference to my own application of the method - the research group, the construction of case studies, and the dangers and limitations of using biographical evidence. Selected examples are included. Finally, I briefly reflect on the possibility of using prosopography for the purposes of juxtaposing and comparing the lives of one distinctive socio-economic group with another.