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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... oriented mainly to scholars and students steeped in a liberal arts canon, to— day's readership is more general and less acquainted with the great works of the past. This new translation is long overdue. It has been guided by two goals ...
... oriented mainly to scholars and students steeped in a liberal arts canon, to— day's readership is more general and less acquainted with the great works of the past. This new translation is long overdue. It has been guided by two goals ...
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... oriented action formulated centuries ago, he contends, cast long and wide shadows. Indeed, their impact in some cases may endure into the present, even though these patterns of action may today be underpinned by entirely nonreligious ...
... oriented action formulated centuries ago, he contends, cast long and wide shadows. Indeed, their impact in some cases may endure into the present, even though these patterns of action may today be underpinned by entirely nonreligious ...
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... oriented to ethical values, today only remnants of this mode of organizing life remain. Has the Puritan “devotion to a cause” disappeared, supplanted by pleasure—seekers on the one hand and the utilitarian calculations of “organization ...
... oriented to ethical values, today only remnants of this mode of organizing life remain. Has the Puritan “devotion to a cause” disappeared, supplanted by pleasure—seekers on the one hand and the utilitarian calculations of “organization ...
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... orientation toward work—is indispensable for the systematic organization of work and production in permanent businesses (pp. 19 ... oriented toward profit and the rational organization of labor and capital, would be necessary (pp. 19, 21) ...
... orientation toward work—is indispensable for the systematic organization of work and production in permanent businesses (pp. 19 ... oriented toward profit and the rational organization of labor and capital, would be necessary (pp. 19, 21) ...
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... oriented mood of piety, and trust in God—as its doctrinal fulcrum, Lutheranism placed qualitatively different psychological rewards on the believer's action (pp. 58, 66—67). Moreover, and salient to Weber, Luther introduced the idea ...
... oriented mood of piety, and trust in God—as its doctrinal fulcrum, Lutheranism placed qualitatively different psychological rewards on the believer's action (pp. 58, 66—67). Moreover, and salient to Weber, Luther introduced the idea ...
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