The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486427034)

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.

Author: Max Weber
ISBN-10: 048642703X
ISBN-13: 9780486427034
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 04/04/2003
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d