This article makes a brief introduces to Daniel Bell's The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism which explores how a bourgeois economy coexists with an anti-bourgeois culture. This article is comprised of four pa...This article makes a brief introduces to Daniel Bell's The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism which explores how a bourgeois economy coexists with an anti-bourgeois culture. This article is comprised of four parts including the concept of culture、the disjunction of three realms(economics, politics and culture)、the cultural contradictions of capitalism and the evaluation on Daniel Bell's theory. It offers a close look into the inner relation between different spheres in the capitalist society illustrated in Bell's book, and Bell's theory in terms of cultural contradictions of capitalism will be concretely elaborated.展开更多
Stephen Crane' s The Red Badge of Courage adopted the industrial capitalism as response to his motif to indicate that industrial capitalism had a swift development in 1890s in America,and meanwhile his novel was g...Stephen Crane' s The Red Badge of Courage adopted the industrial capitalism as response to his motif to indicate that industrial capitalism had a swift development in 1890s in America,and meanwhile his novel was greatly influenced.展开更多
This paper investigates testable restrictions on the time-series behavior of consumption and asset returns implied by a representative agent model with the spirit of capitalism in which intertemporal preference is rep...This paper investigates testable restrictions on the time-series behavior of consumption and asset returns implied by a representative agent model with the spirit of capitalism in which intertemporal preference is represented by a utility function that generalizes conventional, time-additive, expected utility. In the recursive structure of preference, the author examines the implication for cosumptions, portfolio holdings, and stock-market prices when investors accumulate wealth not only for the sake of consumption but also for wealth-induced social status. When investors care about relative social status, the propensity to consume and risk-taking behavior will depend on social standards, and stock prices will be volatible. Hence, the spirit of capitalism seems to be a driving force behind stock-market volatility and economic growth. Because the elasticity df substitution and the coefficient of relative risk aversion are independent and the spirit of capitalism is introduced, the equity premium puzzle can be partially explained in the model.展开更多
Due to Reformation movement in the 16th century,Protestantism came into being.Lutheranism,Calvinism and Puritanism rationalized and justified worldly economic activity.The Protestant asceticism was considered favorabl...Due to Reformation movement in the 16th century,Protestantism came into being.Lutheranism,Calvinism and Puritanism rationalized and justified worldly economic activity.The Protestant asceticism was considered favorable to the development of capitalistic economy.Religious reform was in a certain degree beneficial to the development of capitalism.This thesis mainly discusses the influence of Reformation upon the development of capitalism.展开更多
As a sociologist and political economist who profoundly influenced social theory,social research,and the discipline of sociology itself,Max Weber is typically cited as one of the three principal architects of modern s...As a sociologist and political economist who profoundly influenced social theory,social research,and the discipline of sociology itself,Max Weber is typically cited as one of the three principal architects of modern social science.His masterpiece,The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is considered as a founding text in economic sociology and sociology.The Protestant work ethic was a force behind an unplanned and uncoordinated mass action that influenced the development of capitalism,and the shaping of the spirit of capitalism in western world is an unexpected outcome of the Protestant ethic.展开更多
Anna Karenina is a huge classic tragedy which is created by Tolstoy. This paper mainly talks about the conflict in the classic fictional story of Anna Karenina, which involves the conflicts between religious ethics, c...Anna Karenina is a huge classic tragedy which is created by Tolstoy. This paper mainly talks about the conflict in the classic fictional story of Anna Karenina, which involves the conflicts between religious ethics, capitalistic new ideas, bravery and limitation, love for son and love for a lover, plus the variances between rural custom culture and urban culture.展开更多
The Song of the Lark tells the story of young girl Thea who doesn’t give up and achieves her wish when faced with all sorts of setbacks. Based on the Marxist feminism, this paper is going to study the differences tha...The Song of the Lark tells the story of young girl Thea who doesn’t give up and achieves her wish when faced with all sorts of setbacks. Based on the Marxist feminism, this paper is going to study the differences that the female and male characters have experienced both in family and society in order to find out the root of females’oppressed status and reveal Cather’s writing in? tention—provide a possible way of improving the dilemma of women caused by capitalist ideology and the patriarchal ideology.展开更多
This paper investigates the features of teacher talk by two secondary school English teachers by using Bourdieu's framework. Based on data analysis of two class recordings, this study argued that the experienced t...This paper investigates the features of teacher talk by two secondary school English teachers by using Bourdieu's framework. Based on data analysis of two class recordings, this study argued that the experienced teacher was able to achieve her purpose by utilizing her cultural capital, while the less experienced teacher was less successful in claiming power and control due to her inadequate cultural capital and inappropriate code choice in the classroom. The study suggest that new teachers be advised on the potency of code selection to facilitate instruction.展开更多
George Bernard Shaw was a progressive mankind. He advocated the forces in revolution and democracy in their struggle against imperialism and reaction. Major Barbara is an excellent play which sharply satirized the cap...George Bernard Shaw was a progressive mankind. He advocated the forces in revolution and democracy in their struggle against imperialism and reaction. Major Barbara is an excellent play which sharply satirized the capitalist society and powerfully revealed the outstanding characteristics of capitalism and capitalists. It intensively shows Shaw's art of comedy. The story mainly tells that Undershaft, a millionaire weapon dealer, loves money and despises poverty. Even he thinks poverty is a crime. His vigorous daughter Barbara, however, is a devout major in the Salvation Army. She treats her father as just another soul to be saved.But when the Salvation Army needs funds to keep running, it is Undershaft who saves the day. At this time, she finally compromises, and believes that it was whisky king and the armament dealer that saved the poor. The main theme of Major Barbara is centered on conflicting social and moral ethics, one realistic and the other idealistic. The chief merit of the play lies in the fact that what Undershaft does and says reveals the true nature of monopoly capitalism.展开更多
文摘This article makes a brief introduces to Daniel Bell's The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism which explores how a bourgeois economy coexists with an anti-bourgeois culture. This article is comprised of four parts including the concept of culture、the disjunction of three realms(economics, politics and culture)、the cultural contradictions of capitalism and the evaluation on Daniel Bell's theory. It offers a close look into the inner relation between different spheres in the capitalist society illustrated in Bell's book, and Bell's theory in terms of cultural contradictions of capitalism will be concretely elaborated.
文摘Stephen Crane' s The Red Badge of Courage adopted the industrial capitalism as response to his motif to indicate that industrial capitalism had a swift development in 1890s in America,and meanwhile his novel was greatly influenced.
文摘This paper investigates testable restrictions on the time-series behavior of consumption and asset returns implied by a representative agent model with the spirit of capitalism in which intertemporal preference is represented by a utility function that generalizes conventional, time-additive, expected utility. In the recursive structure of preference, the author examines the implication for cosumptions, portfolio holdings, and stock-market prices when investors accumulate wealth not only for the sake of consumption but also for wealth-induced social status. When investors care about relative social status, the propensity to consume and risk-taking behavior will depend on social standards, and stock prices will be volatible. Hence, the spirit of capitalism seems to be a driving force behind stock-market volatility and economic growth. Because the elasticity df substitution and the coefficient of relative risk aversion are independent and the spirit of capitalism is introduced, the equity premium puzzle can be partially explained in the model.
文摘Due to Reformation movement in the 16th century,Protestantism came into being.Lutheranism,Calvinism and Puritanism rationalized and justified worldly economic activity.The Protestant asceticism was considered favorable to the development of capitalistic economy.Religious reform was in a certain degree beneficial to the development of capitalism.This thesis mainly discusses the influence of Reformation upon the development of capitalism.
文摘As a sociologist and political economist who profoundly influenced social theory,social research,and the discipline of sociology itself,Max Weber is typically cited as one of the three principal architects of modern social science.His masterpiece,The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is considered as a founding text in economic sociology and sociology.The Protestant work ethic was a force behind an unplanned and uncoordinated mass action that influenced the development of capitalism,and the shaping of the spirit of capitalism in western world is an unexpected outcome of the Protestant ethic.
文摘Anna Karenina is a huge classic tragedy which is created by Tolstoy. This paper mainly talks about the conflict in the classic fictional story of Anna Karenina, which involves the conflicts between religious ethics, capitalistic new ideas, bravery and limitation, love for son and love for a lover, plus the variances between rural custom culture and urban culture.
文摘The Song of the Lark tells the story of young girl Thea who doesn’t give up and achieves her wish when faced with all sorts of setbacks. Based on the Marxist feminism, this paper is going to study the differences that the female and male characters have experienced both in family and society in order to find out the root of females’oppressed status and reveal Cather’s writing in? tention—provide a possible way of improving the dilemma of women caused by capitalist ideology and the patriarchal ideology.
文摘This paper investigates the features of teacher talk by two secondary school English teachers by using Bourdieu's framework. Based on data analysis of two class recordings, this study argued that the experienced teacher was able to achieve her purpose by utilizing her cultural capital, while the less experienced teacher was less successful in claiming power and control due to her inadequate cultural capital and inappropriate code choice in the classroom. The study suggest that new teachers be advised on the potency of code selection to facilitate instruction.
文摘George Bernard Shaw was a progressive mankind. He advocated the forces in revolution and democracy in their struggle against imperialism and reaction. Major Barbara is an excellent play which sharply satirized the capitalist society and powerfully revealed the outstanding characteristics of capitalism and capitalists. It intensively shows Shaw's art of comedy. The story mainly tells that Undershaft, a millionaire weapon dealer, loves money and despises poverty. Even he thinks poverty is a crime. His vigorous daughter Barbara, however, is a devout major in the Salvation Army. She treats her father as just another soul to be saved.But when the Salvation Army needs funds to keep running, it is Undershaft who saves the day. At this time, she finally compromises, and believes that it was whisky king and the armament dealer that saved the poor. The main theme of Major Barbara is centered on conflicting social and moral ethics, one realistic and the other idealistic. The chief merit of the play lies in the fact that what Undershaft does and says reveals the true nature of monopoly capitalism.
