The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism
Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West.
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The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism
Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West.
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The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism

The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism

by Max Weber
The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism

The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism

by Max Weber

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Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781607960980
Publisher: Beta Nu Publishing
Publication date: 02/25/2009
Pages: 316
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

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Boston University

Table of Contents

Introduction by Stephen Kalberg
Translator's Preface by Stephen Kalberg
Glossary
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Part I. The Problem
1. Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification
2. The Spirit of Capitalism
3. Luther's Conception of the Calling
a. Task of the Investigation
Part II. The Vocational Calling of Ascetic Protestantism
4. The Religious Foundations of This-Worldly Asceticism
a. Calvinism
b. Pietism
c. Methodism
d. The Baptizing Sects: The Quakers, Baptists, and Mennonites
5. Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism
"The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism"
Prefatory Remarks to Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion
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