Moral values and economic action in Eurasia

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  Conference in Wittenberg on the foundations of the twenty-first-century economy

  Conference in Wittenberg on the foundations of the twenty-first-century economy

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  Conference in Wittenberg on the foundations of the twenty-first-century economy

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  Welcoming address by Udo Sträter, President of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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  Hans Jonas (Humboldt University, Berlin) ■ Keynote Speech: The power of the sacred: An alternative to the narrative of disenchantment

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  Chris Hann, Director of the Department Transformation and Resilience in Eurasia, welcomes the participants of the conference Moral Economies: Work, Values and Economic Ethics.

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  Discussion with Hans Joas

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  Panel Session: Max Weber and alternative understandings of morals and values in modernity ■ from left: Klaus Kraemer, Georg Neugebauer, Frank Adloff and Hans Joas ■ Chair: Sylvia Terpe

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  Georg Neugebauer (University of Leipzig) ■ Talk title: Meanings of rationality in Weber's economic sociology

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  Klaus Kraemer (University of Graz) ■ Talk title: Ideas, interests, and institutions: an alternative interpretation of Max Weber’s heuristic

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  Lizhou Hao (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/S.) ■ Talk title: The development of moral concerns among businessmen in Shishi, China

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  Left: Sudeshna Chaki (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/S.) ■ Talk title: Struggle and progress: Understanding capitalist continuity through firm and family histories ■ right: Daria Tereshina (MPI for Social Anthropology, Halle/S.) ■ Talk title: Business ‘without moral flaws’: The shifting boundaries of Orthodox moral teachings

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  Chris Hann (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/S.)

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  Luca Szücs (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/S.) ■ Talk title: Becoming an entrepreneur: The making of entrepreneurial strata in post-socialist Hungary

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  On the left: Matan Kaminer (University of Michigan) ■ Chair of Session VII: On moral backgrounds ■ on the right: Lale Yalçın-Heckmann (MPI for Social Anthropology, Halle/S.), REALEURASIA programme coordinator

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  Reinhard Kreckerl, sociologist and former President of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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  Ceren Deniz (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/S.) ■ Talk title: Morality of kinship in a family-run business in Çorum

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  Chris Gregory (Australian National University, Canberra) ■ Talk title: What is patrimonial capitalism? Reflections on the moral economy and economic theology of wealth in 21st century India

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  Left: Ivan Rajković (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/S.) Chair of Session II: Religion and moral economies

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  Matthijs Krul (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/S.): Chair of Session IV: Values, families, businesses

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  Anne-Erita G. Berta (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/S.) ■ Talk title: Work Hard, Try Not to Play: A search for Lutheran influence on the morals of Danish business owners

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  Philip Clart (University of Leipzig) ■ Chair of Session V: Economic moralities in Eastern Eurasia

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  Participants of the conference Moral Economies: Work, Values and Economic Ethics at the Leucorea in Wittenberg

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