This brilliant study opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and its view that change takes place through the conflict of opposites. Instead, Weber 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 encouraged capitalism.
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: Second Roxbury Edition
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- UPC:
- 9780935732900
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 1998-01-21
- Author:
- Max Weber
- Language:
- english
- Edition:
- Reprint