English Explanatory Dictionary

Merton thesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A theory that significant developments in the modern world have a positive correlation with Protestant pietism, similar to Weber's link between success and the Protestant ethic.

Word forms

Merton thesis the Merton thesis

Etymology

Proposed by Robert K. Merton in 1936.

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