The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Routledge Classics) (Counterpoint S.) (U.Books)

by Max Weber

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A brilliant book which studies the psychological conditions which made possible the development of capitalist civilization. The book analyzes the connection between the spread of Calvinism and a new attitude toward the pursuit of wealth in post-Reformation Europe and England, and attitude which permitted, encouraged-even sanctified-the human quest for prosperity.

  • ISBN10 089526417X
  • ISBN13 9780895264176
  • Publish Date 31 December 1997 (first published 1 January 1905)
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Regnery Gateway Inc.,U.S.
  • Edition 2nd ed.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 292
  • Language English