Unknown Title - Paperback Book

ISBN 10: 0043310338 / ISBN 13: 9780043310335

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An unidentified paperback book, presented in good condition and suitable as a clean and accessible reading copy. The specific title, author, publisher, and publication year remain unknown or unverified, awaiting further identification. This volume is not a first edition and is not signed. Condition is rated as good, exhibiting typical wear consistent with a paperback of its age and type. This includes some edge wear, rubbing to the covers, and potentially minor creasing to the spine. Despite the absence of full bibliographic details, this remains a solid and affordable example perfect for general reading.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unknown Title - Paperback Book
• ISBN 10: 0043310338
• ISBN 13: 9780043310335
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 440 grams
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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.