The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
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Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West. Widely considered as the most informed work ever written on the social effects of advanced capitalism, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism holds its own as one of the most significant books of the twentieth century. The book is one of those rare works of scholarship which no informed citizen can afford to ignore. Times Higher Education Supplement Max Weber is the one undisputed canonical figure in contemporary sociology.
Introduction by Stephen Kalberg Translator's Preface by Stephen Kalberg Glossary The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Part I. The Problem 1. Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification 2. The Spirit of Capitalism 3. Luther's Conception of the Calling a. Task of the Investigation Part II. The Vocational Calling of Ascetic Protestantism 4. The Religious Foundations of This-Worldly Asceticism a. Calvinism b. Pietism c. Methodism d. The Baptizing Sects: The Quakers, Baptists, and Mennonites 5. Asceticism and the Spirit of Capitalism "The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism" Prefatory Remarks to Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion
