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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Page xiv
... philosophy, literature, and languages~ and the regular writing of interpretive essays. Upon graduation he studied law and economic ... economics two years later, he moved to the University of Heidelberg, where he remained until his death in ...
... philosophy, literature, and languages~ and the regular writing of interpretive essays. Upon graduation he studied law and economic ... economics two years later, he moved to the University of Heidelberg, where he remained until his death in ...
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... capitalism is incomplete, for it refers to formal aspects only (the “economic form”). It is important to recognize, he argues, that modern capitalism also involves the organization of economic activity in terms of an “economic ethic ...
... capitalism is incomplete, for it refers to formal aspects only (the “economic form”). It is important to recognize, he argues, that modern capitalism also involves the organization of economic activity in terms of an “economic ethic ...
Page xix
... economic ethic. They regarded work as involving drudgery and exertion; it was a necessary evil to be avoided as soon as customary and constant economic needs were met. Thus, such people approached labor in an unfocused and lackadaisical ...
... economic ethic. They regarded work as involving drudgery and exertion; it was a necessary evil to be avoided as soon as customary and constant economic needs were met. Thus, such people approached labor in an unfocused and lackadaisical ...
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... capitalism strongly infiised Benjamin Franklin's habits and general way of life, the operations of his printing business followed those typical in handicraft enterprises (pp. 26—27). On the other hand, the traditional economic ethic ...
... capitalism strongly infiised Benjamin Franklin's habits and general way of life, the operations of his printing business followed those typical in handicraft enterprises (pp. 26—27). On the other hand, the traditional economic ethic ...
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... capitalism as an economic form. In fact, the explorations by his colleagues into the origins of modern capitalism usually denied the salience of an economic ethic. By explicitly seeking to broaden the boundaries of this controversy in ...
... capitalism as an economic form. In fact, the explorations by his colleagues into the origins of modern capitalism usually denied the salience of an economic ethic. By explicitly seeking to broaden the boundaries of this controversy in ...
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