In human chemistry, Andrew M. McKinnon (c.1969-) is a Scottish sociologist note for []
Overview
In 2010, McKinnon published two articles on German sociologist Max Weber’s usage of German polymath Johann Goethe’s 1809 human chemical theory, specifically the term “elective affinity”, in his 1905 The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. [1]
McKinnon, also in 2010, published work on English natural philosopher Herbert Spencer’s energetics theory of sociology. [2]
Note
Of note, McKinnon, citing the 2002 reductionism vs. emergentism ideas of Italian chemist Pier Luisi, uses an “emergent property”, e.g. the classic “water is an emergent property of hydrogen and oxygen” statement, reinterpretation of Weber’s conceptual notion of Goethe’s human elective affinity theory as applied to religion and sociology, which does not exactly seem to align with the way Weber and Goethe saw things. [3]
Education
McKinnon completed his BA (somewhere) in something, his MA (in something) at the British Columbia, and his PhD (with a dissertation on something) at Toronto. Currently, McKinnon is a professor of sociology at the University of Aberdeen.
See also
● Weberian elective affinity
References
1. (a) McKinnon, Andrew. (2010). “The Sociology of Religion: the Foundations”, Weber and “elective affinity”, in: The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion (pgs. 41-51). Wiley.
(b) McKinnon, Andrew. (2010). “Elective Affinities of the Protestant Ethic: Weber and the Chemistry of Capitalism” (abs) (pdf), Sociological Theory, 28(1):108-26.
2. McKinnon, Andrew. (2010). “Energy and Society: Herbert Spencer’s ‘Energetic Sociology’ of Social Evolution and Beyond” (abs), Journal of Classical Sociology, 10(4):439-55.
3. (a) Luisi, Pier L. (2002). “Emergence in Chemistry: Chemistry as the Embodiment of Emergence” (abs), Foundations of Chemistry, 4(3):183-202.
(b) Pier Luigi Luisi – Wikipedia.
External links
● Andrew McKinnon (faculty) – University of Aberdeen.
