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General Introduction: Max Weber and the Modern West | |
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism | |
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Introduction to the Translation | |
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Introduction to The Protestant Ethic | |
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Endnotes | |
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References | |
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The Problem | |
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Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification | |
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The Spirit of Capitalism | |
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Luther's Conception of the Calling | |
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The Task of the Investigation | |
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The Vocational Ethic of Ascetic Protestantism | |
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The Religious Foundations of This-Worldly Asceticism | |
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Calvinism | |
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Pietism | |
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Methodism | |
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The Baptizing Sects and Churches | |
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Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism | |
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The Protestant Sects in America and the Uniqueness of Western Rationalism | |
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Introduction | |
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The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism | |
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"Churches" and "Sects" in North America: An Ecclesiastical Sociopolitical Sketch | |
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Prefatory Remarks to Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion (1920) | |
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Demarcating the Uniqueness of the West Through Comparisons: Magic and the Economic Ethics of the World Religions | |
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Introduction | |
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Main Concepts: Economic Ethics, Social Carriers, Sacred Law, and the Ethic of Conviction | |
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India: Hinduism and Buddhism | |
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China: Confucianism | |
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Confucianism and Puritanism | |
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Judaism | |
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The Middle East: Islam | |
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The West: Ancient Christianity and Catholicism | |
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The Rise of Modern Capitalism: The Western Rationalism and Modern Western Rationalism Deep Contexts | |
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Introduction | |
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Comparative Cases: China and India | |
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The Ancient and Medieval Cities in the West: Fraternization, Incorporation, and the Dissolution of Clan Ties | |
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The Putting-Out System, Modes of Financing, Mercantilism, and the Factory | |
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The Definition of Modern Capitalism, and the Relationship of Feudalism and Patrimonialism to Capitalism | |
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The West's Cross-State Competition versus Hierocracy and Caesaropapism | |
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Juridical Formalism and the Rational State | |
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Ethos and Education under Feudalism and Patrimonialism, Clerical Education, and the Puritans' Mass Intellectualism | |
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The Sect, Democracy, Tolerance, Freedom of Conscience, and a Cosmos of Abstract Norms | |
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Bureaucratization, Democracy, and Modern Capitalism | |
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The Impersonality of the Market and Discipline in the Modern Capitalist Factory | |
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Weber's Summary Statements on "The Protestant Ethic Thesis" | |
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The Development of the Capitalist Frame of Mind (1919-1920) | |
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A Final Rebuttal to a Critic of "Spirit of Capitalism" (1910) | |
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Reading The Protestant Ethic: The Text and the Endnotes | |
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Suggested Further Reading | |
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The Protestant Ethic Thesis and the Protestant Ethic Debate | |
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Max Weber: Life and Work | |
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Notes for The Protestant Ethic | |
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Literature Cited | |
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Writings of Max Weber | |
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Secondary Literature Cited | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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A Chronology of Max Weber's Life | |
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Glossary | |
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Name Index | |
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Subject Index | |