Protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus

Name: Protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus
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ISBN: 9780199747252

ISBN-10: 0199747253

ISBN-13: 9780199747252

Edition: 2011

Authors: Max Weber, Stephen Kalberg

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For more than 100 years, Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism has set the parameters for the debate over the origins of modern capitalism. Now more timely and thought provoking than ever, this esteemed classic of twentieth-century social science examines the deep cultural "frame of mind" that existed at the birth of modern capitalism and to this day influences attitudes toward work in northern America and Western Europe. In this volume, Stephen Kalberg revises his internationally acclaimed translation--using shorter sentences and more lucid language--to make the work even more accessible to students and other readers. Capturing the essence of Weber's style as well…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.19" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Stephen Kalberg, Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University, is the author of Max Weber's Comparative-Historical Sociology Today (Ashgate 2012), the translator of Max Weber: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Oxford 2011), and the editor of Max Weber: Readings and Commentary on Modernity (Wiley Blackwell 2005).




The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism


Introduction to the Translation



Introduction to the Protestant Ethic




The Problem



Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification



The ï¿½Spiritï¿½ of Capitalism



Luther's Conception of the Calling


The Task of the investigation



The Vocational Ethic of Ascetic Protestantism



The Religious Foundations of This-Worldly Asceticism



Calvinism



Pietism



Methodism



The Baptizing Sects and Churches



Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism



The Protestant Sects in America and the Uniqueness of Western Rationalism


Introduction




The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism



ï¿½Churchesï¿½ and ï¿½Sectsï¿½ in North America: an Ecclesiastical Sociopolitical Sketch



Prefatory Remarks to Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion (1920)



Weber's Summary Statements on ï¿½The Protestant Ethic Thesisï¿½



The Development of the Capitalist Frame of Mind (1919-1920)



A Final Rebuttal to a Critic of ï¿½spirit of Capitalismï¿½ (1910)



Reading The Protestant Ethic: The Text and the Endnotes



Suggested Further Reading



The Protestant Ethic Thesis and the Protestant Ethic Debate



Max Weber: Life and Work


Notes for the Protestant Ethic


Literature Cited



Writings of Max Weber



Secondary Literature Cited


Acknowledgments


A Chronology of Max Weber's Life


Glossary


Name Index


Subject Index