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.
#1865763 in Books University of Michigan Press 2009-12-02 2009-12-02Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.20 x 6.00l; 1.15 #File Name: 047203376X336 pages
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