Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (U.Books)

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ISBN 10: 0043310338 / ISBN 13: 9780043310335

Published by - -, 1967

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (U.Books)
• Publisher: - -
• Publication Date: 1967
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0043310338
• ISBN 13: 9780043310335
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The Protestant ethic — a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organization of one's life in the service of God — was made famous by sociologist and political economist Max Weber. In this brilliant study (his best-known and most controversial), he opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and its view that change takes place through "the struggle of opposites." Instead, he relates the rise of a capitalist economy to the Puritan determination to work out anxiety over salvation or damnation by performing good deeds — an effort that ultimately discouraged belief in predestination and encouraged capitalism. Weber's classic study has long been required reading in college and advanced high school social studies classrooms.

From the Publisher

A brilliant book which studies the psychological conditions which made possible the development of capitalist civilization. The book analyzes the connection between the spread of Calvinism and a new attitude toward the pursuit of wealth in post-Reformation Europe and England, and attitude which permitted, encouraged--even sanctified--the human quest for prosperity.