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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... nights and weekends. If we take naps, they must be “power naps.” “Workaholics” take “working vacations.” Many people define self-worth, and even their own identity, according the disciplined organization of one's life to that end are xii.
... nights and weekends. If we take naps, they must be “power naps.” “Workaholics” take “working vacations.” Many people define self-worth, and even their own identity, according the disciplined organization of one's life to that end are xii.
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Max Weber Stephen Kalberg. the disciplined organization of one's life to that end are praised.2 Were he alive today, Weber would see these pivotal features of American society as secularized legacies of ascetic Protestantism. However ...
Max Weber Stephen Kalberg. the disciplined organization of one's life to that end are praised.2 Were he alive today, Weber would see these pivotal features of American society as secularized legacies of ascetic Protestantism. However ...
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... one's actions would not be cultivated and the autonomy of individuals would gradually fade. Finally, without ethical values how could compassion, charity, and the ethos of brotherhood survive (see 1946a)? Although ascetic Protestantism ...
... one's actions would not be cultivated and the autonomy of individuals would gradually fade. Finally, without ethical values how could compassion, charity, and the ethos of brotherhood survive (see 1946a)? Although ascetic Protestantism ...
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Max Weber Stephen Kalberg. one's life resulted, Weber contends, from an array of modern historical conditions; work never held such importance for adherents to the traditional economic ethic. They regarded work as involving drudgery and ...
Max Weber Stephen Kalberg. one's life resulted, Weber contends, from an array of modern historical conditions; work never held such importance for adherents to the traditional economic ethic. They regarded work as involving drudgery and ...
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... one's religious duty involved a reliable, punctual, and efficient performance of the tasks and obligations required by the vocation itself. Indeed, a “moral legitimation of vocational life” now appeared xxix liorate the sinner's anxiety ...
... one's religious duty involved a reliable, punctual, and efficient performance of the tasks and obligations required by the vocation itself. Indeed, a “moral legitimation of vocational life” now appeared xxix liorate the sinner's anxiety ...
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