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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

ISBN: 9780199747252 | 0199747253
Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 7/1/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
For more than 100 years, Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism has set the parameters for the debate over the origins of modern capitalism. Now more timely and thought provoking than ever, this esteemed classic of twentieth-century social science examines the deep cultural "frame of mind" that existed at the birth of modern capitalism and to this day influences attitudes toward work in northern America and Western Europe. In this volume, Stephen Kalberg revises his internationally acclaimed translation--using shorter sen... MORE
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Introduction to the Translationp. 3
Introduction to the Protestant Ethicp. 8
The Problem
Religious Affiliation and Social Stratificationp. 67
The ôSpiritö of Capitalismp. 76
Luther's Conception of the Callingp. 99
The Task of the investigationp. 106
The Vocational Ethic of Asc... MORE
The Religious Foundations of This-Worldly Asceticismp. 113
Calvinismp. 115
Pietismp. 138
Methodismp. 146
The Baptizing Sects and Churchesp. 149
Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalismp. 158
The Protestant Sects in America and the Uniqueness of Western Rationalism
Introductionp. 183
The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalismp. 209
ôChurchesö and ôSectsö in North America: an Ecclesiastical Sociopolitical Sketchp. 227
Prefatory Remarks to Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion (1920)p. 233
Weber's Summary Statements on ôThe Protestant Ethic Thesisöp. 251
The Development of the Capitalist Frame of Mind (1919-1920)p. 251
A Final Rebuttal to a Critic of ôspirit of Capitalismö (1910)p. 256
Reading The Protestant Ethic: The Text and the Endnotesp. 272
Suggested Further Readingp. 280
The Protestant Ethic Thesis and the Protestant Ethic Debatep. 280
Max Weber: Life and Workp. 282
Notes for the Protestant Ethicp. 284
Literature Citedp. 401
Writings of Max Weberp. 401
Secondary Literature Citedp. 403
Acknowledgmentsp. 411
A Chronology of Max Weber's Lifep. 412
Glossaryp. 416
Name Indexp. 429
Subject Indexp. 435
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Stephen Kalberg is Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University and an affiliate of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University.


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