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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... cultural pessimism” of many of his contemporaries, especially Georg Simmel and Friedrich Nietzsche (Kalberg, 1987, 2001). And he refused to lend support to the many Romantic movements of his time, all of which sought, in one way or ...
... cultural pessimism” of many of his contemporaries, especially Georg Simmel and Friedrich Nietzsche (Kalberg, 1987, 2001). And he refused to lend support to the many Romantic movements of his time, all of which sought, in one way or ...
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... cultural history” study, he managed to conduct very little research during his visit. As he reported in a letter, “I did not see much more than where the things are that I ought to see” (Marianne Weber, 1988, p. 304; see also p. 253).7 ...
... cultural history” study, he managed to conduct very little research during his visit. As he reported in a letter, “I did not see much more than where the things are that I ought to see” (Marianne Weber, 1988, p. 304; see also p. 253).7 ...
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... cultural history.” Rather than investigating the origins of modern capitalism, the rise of the West, or capitalism as such, this case study seeks to discover the specific “ancestry” of the spirit of capitalism (pp. 37, 49—50, 54—55). In ...
... cultural history.” Rather than investigating the origins of modern capitalism, the rise of the West, or capitalism as such, this case study seeks to discover the specific “ancestry” of the spirit of capitalism (pp. 37, 49—50, 54—55). In ...
Page xxi
... cultural forces. The six explanations that dominated this controversy can be mentioned only briefly. The intensification of avarice. A number of German scholars at the end of the nineteenth century argued that, in earlier times, the ...
... cultural forces. The six explanations that dominated this controversy can be mentioned only briefly. The intensification of avarice. A number of German scholars at the end of the nineteenth century argued that, in earlier times, the ...
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... cultural values must not be left out of the equation. However complicated it may be to investigate their origins and to assess their influence, to him values should not be regarded as passive forces generally subordinate to social ...
... cultural values must not be left out of the equation. However complicated it may be to investigate their origins and to assess their influence, to him values should not be regarded as passive forces generally subordinate to social ...
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