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| Original Title: | Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus |
| ISBN: | 048642703X (ISBN13: 9780486427034) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Max Weber
Paperback | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 3.9 | 10162 Users | 439 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism |
| Author | : | Max Weber |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | April 4th 2003 by Dover Publications (first published November 1904) |
| Categories | : | Sociology. Philosophy. Nonfiction. History. Economics. Politics. Religion |
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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.Rating Out Of Books The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
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Max Webers The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) is a foundational sociological text. Its central thesis is by now well known. Modern Western capitalism owes its development to the influence of Protestant ideals. He proposes to trace back what are in his mind the essential features of modern capitalism to key aspects of what he calls the Protestant ethic. Though intriguing, the thesis itself is controversial and only partially convincing. The most enduring contribution of theThe thesis is compelling, but the details of Weber's argument are tremendously flawed. I hardly recognised the Calvinism he was referring to. And his framing of Luther and Lutheranism was problematic, also. But the final chapter is magnificent and has some brilliant writing. Mixed, but one can see why it is an influential and lauded work.
It's a classic argument: the Calvinists of the 17th century were so preoccupied with proving their salvific status that they put their focus into hard work and labor, developing a work ethic that has stayed with us even when its original heaven-or-hell anxiety has faded away. However we might view or understand Max Weber now, one hundred years later, credit is due him on a number of accounts: 1) he laid the foundations for sociology as a field of study; and 2) he was one of the earliest modern
-The importance of a calling as God's will-Rationally organized lives with focus on earthly industry-Fiscal success as demonstration of God's favor-Spurning of worldly pleasures > frugality > capital accumulationNow, the religious root has withered, leaving the culture behind. Applies most to the "golden age" of capital, the self-made man, vs the return to nobility capitalism I would say we have now
I guess Weber was Fukuyama before Fukuyama. A book of a grand philosophical premise for the flow history. In this case, those ascetic predestinated protestants working hard for God's favor displayed in material wealth and creating the makings of Capitalism. It might have been groundbreaking in 1902 but it is a banal commonplace especially among when repeated endlessly establishment types. Anyway, I felt like sooner or later I would have to get around to this book. Perhaps if it were 1902 I
Schools assign this because Weber and his ideas were the foundation of modern sociology. I enjoyed it for different reasons. It was a thought provoking look at the asceticism of different branches of Protestantism. Asceticism is a fascinating subject for modern readers, whether they are religious or not. What would a modern asceticism look like? An asceticism out of the monastery? Long dead Protestant factions have already answered this pressing modern question and its fascinating to unearth
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