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
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 04/04/2003
Series: Economy Editions
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780486427034
Language: English
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