Topic of thesis: Economic Success - Work Ethic - Capitalism – Protestantism – Max Weber – Chinese Society
Abstract: Despite the context of persecution coming from the Chinese Communist party, Protestant Christianity is spreading rapidly in contemporary China above any other religious affiliation. Together with this large protestant revival, capitalism’ is taking place. What is not clear is why such major change took place in this particular era and under the particular institutional constraints of socialism. Empirical findings on the so called ‘Yi Xiang’ and the house churches show that some theoretical points drawn from Weber’s theory are clearly present among the Christian entrepreneurs of Wenzhou, the Jerusalem of China and one of the most influent entrepreneurial economies of China. I argue that Protestant revival in China today works as a crucial condition for the display of a hidden capitalist spirit, through an economic ethic that was absent or incomplete in the socialist China and that has been observed among Christian businessmen and house churches.
Research interests: Sociological Theory, Economic Sociology, Psychology of Work, Cultural Anthropology, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Migration, Network Studies Graduated from: University 'La Sapienza' of Rome, University of Turin.
Degrees obtained: Bachelor degree on Theories and Practices of Anthropology, Master degree Interfaculty in Economic Sociology
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