Title | : | The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism |
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Author | : | Max Weber |
Release | : | 2009-07-26 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Social Science, Books, Nonfiction |
Size | : | 2798967 |
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. |