The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismFor the first time in 70 years, a new translation of Max Weber's classic The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism --one of the seminal works in sociology-- published in September 2001. Translator Stephen Kalberg is an internationally acclaimed Weberian scholar, and in this new translation he offers a precise and nuanced rendering that captures both Weber's style and the unusual subtlety of his descriptions and causal arguments. Weber's original italicization, highlighting major themes, has been restored, and Kalberg has standardized Weber's terminology to better facilitate understanding of the various twists and turns in his complex lines of reasoning. Weber's compelling work remains influential for these reasons: it explores the continuing debate regarding the origins and legacy of modem capitalism in the West; it helps the reader understand today's global economic development; and it plumbs the deep cultural forces that affect contemporary work life and the workplace in the United States and Europe. This new edition/translation also includes a glossary; Weber's 1906 essay, "The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism"; and Weber's masterful prefatory remarks to his Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion, in which he defines the uniqueness of Western societies and asks what "ideas and interests" combined to create modem Western rationalism |
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... become less accessible to younger audiences. Languages changed especially rapidly in the twentieth century and many terms and expressions quickly acquired a hollow ring. Moreover, whereas the 1930 translation of PE was oriented mainly ...
... become less accessible to younger audiences. Languages changed especially rapidly in the twentieth century and many terms and expressions quickly acquired a hollow ring. Moreover, whereas the 1930 translation of PE was oriented mainly ...
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... becoming stronger. They believed that modern capitalism resulted from an intensification of the “acquisitive instinct” [and the] pursuit of gain” (p. 152). This characterization of more recent centuries as ones in which the “striving ...
... becoming stronger. They believed that modern capitalism resulted from an intensification of the “acquisitive instinct” [and the] pursuit of gain” (p. 152). This characterization of more recent centuries as ones in which the “striving ...
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... this manner, a nonparallel development in the various realms becomes evident, Weber insists, rather than a general evolutionary process. For examsense of increasing conceptual clarity and the refinement of the content xxii.
... this manner, a nonparallel development in the various realms becomes evident, Weber insists, rather than a general evolutionary process. For examsense of increasing conceptual clarity and the refinement of the content xxii.
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... become important in the religious lives of Calvinists. Its general prominence insured its centrality in all discussions among theologians and pastors regarding the urgent question of whether signs of one's chosen status could be ...
... become important in the religious lives of Calvinists. Its general prominence insured its centrality in all discussions among theologians and pastors regarding the urgent question of whether signs of one's chosen status could be ...
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... become certain of their state of salvation. (p. 121) And: The religious value set on restless, continuous, and systematic work in a vocational calling was defined as absolutely the highest of all ascetic means for believers to testify ...
... become certain of their state of salvation. (p. 121) And: The religious value set on restless, continuous, and systematic work in a vocational calling was defined as absolutely the highest of all ascetic means for believers to testify ...
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