There Is No Reason for Helplessness in the Meantime

Milos Havelka (see SA 44:1/9600960) criticized the "Protestant hypothesis" advanced by Petr Mateju & Klare Vlachova (see SA 44:1/9600979), maintaining that it was impossible to draw comparisons between Czech & Dutch society based on Protestant influences in these countries. In a re...

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Published in:Sociologický časopis 1995-09, Vol.31 (3), p.368-370
Main Author: Sanderova, Jadwiga
Format: Article
Language:cze
Subjects:
Czech Republic
Distributive Justice
Netherlands
Protestantism
Theoretical Problems
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Summary:Milos Havelka (see SA 44:1/9600960) criticized the "Protestant hypothesis" advanced by Petr Mateju & Klare Vlachova (see SA 44:1/9600979), maintaining that it was impossible to draw comparisons between Czech & Dutch society based on Protestant influences in these countries. In a rebuttal (see SA 44:1/9600978), Mateju argued that his hypothesis was not a type that could be empirically verified, & that historical causality should not be confused with statistical causality. Here, an overview of the polemics on this topic shows that although the hypothesis on the existence of an egalitarian-subservient paradox can be supported by the analysis of data using the operationalized ideology of distributive justice, & that there is indeed a paradox in this historical development of the Netherlands & the Czech Republic, such factors cannot account for the current character of these countries. Thus, conclusions about the historical roots of such a paradox are premature. M. Meeks
ISSN:0038-0288