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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

by Unknown Author

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310 pages1987RoutledgeISBN 9780415084345

About this book

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.

Publication Details

Publisher
Routledge
Published
1987
Pages
310
ISBN
9780415084345

About Unknown Author

German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist

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