Author | : Max Weber |
File Size | : 48,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 19 April 2016 |
ISBN | : 1532812701 |
Pages | : 316 pages |
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber Book PDF Summary
The Protestant ethic - a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organization of one's life in the service of God - was made famous by sociologist and political economist Max Weber. In this brilliant study (his best-known and most controversial), he opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and its view that change takes place through "the struggle of opposites." Instead, he relates the rise of a capitalist economy to the Puritan determination to work out anxiety over salvation or damnation by performing good deeds - an effort that ultimately discouraged belief in predestination and encouraged capitalism. Weber's classic study has long been required reading in college and advanced high school social studies classrooms.