The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (World Philosophers and Their Works)
At a glance:
- Author: Max Weber
- First Published: 1904
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Sociology
- Subjects: Ideology, United States or Americans, Economics, Ethics, Capitalism, Western Europe or western Europeans, Protestantism or Protestant churches
Context
Max Weber, one of the founders of modern sociology, and certainly one of the most brilliant and influential social thinkers of the twentieth century, was essentially unknown in the United States until the 1930 publication of Talcott Parsons’s translation of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Having first published the work in 1904-1905, Weber produced a revised edition shortly before his death in 1920. The book was Weber’s entry into a number of contemporary debates, and this multidimensional quality contributes to its status as a classic. For...
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