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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... constituted simply further, and not unusual, evidence of a general evolution. To Sombart, societal progress as a whole deserved explanation rather than the separate component elements in this broad-ranging evolutionary process. Weber ...
... constituted simply further, and not unusual, evidence of a general evolution. To Sombart, societal progress as a whole deserved explanation rather than the separate component elements in this broad-ranging evolutionary process. Weber ...
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... constituted the major concern of Karl Marx, his writings clearly yield an analysis of its origin. For him, the rise of modern capitalism can be equated with the overthrow of the feudal aristocracy and the hegemonic rule of a new class ...
... constituted the major concern of Karl Marx, his writings clearly yield an analysis of its origin. For him, the rise of modern capitalism can be equated with the overthrow of the feudal aristocracy and the hegemonic rule of a new class ...
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... constituted a cornerstone of Weber's explanation for the origin of the Puritan's dispassionate and restrained frame of mind. A further argument proved crucial for persons oriented to business. The connection, most evident in Calvinism ...
... constituted a cornerstone of Weber's explanation for the origin of the Puritan's dispassionate and restrained frame of mind. A further argument proved crucial for persons oriented to business. The connection, most evident in Calvinism ...
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... constituted an opportunity given by God to acquire wealth: If God show you a way in which you may, in accord with His laws, acquire more profit than in another way, without wrong to your soul or to any other and if you refuse this ...
... constituted an opportunity given by God to acquire wealth: If God show you a way in which you may, in accord with His laws, acquire more profit than in another way, without wrong to your soul or to any other and if you refuse this ...
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