Centennial Rumination on Max Weber's the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismUniversal-Publishers, 13. märts 2006 - 272 pages In 1904-1905 Max Weber published the sociological classic "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism." In this book Weber argues that religion, specifically "ascetic Protestantism" provided the essential social and cultural infrastructure that led to modern capitalism. Weber's suggests that Protestantism has "an affinity for capitalism." Indeed, something within Protestantism-by accident or design-creates the necessary preconditions that lead to the flowering of a just, free, and prosperous society. At the same time, Weber wonders if the economic backwardness of certain societies and regions of the world are somehow related to their religious affiliation. Weber's century old thesis challenges the erroneous core assumptions of many secular humanists, postmoderns, Roman Catholic traditionalists, and Islamists. In view of the threat of the War on Terror, and in the face of the inadequate response of secularist and post-modern intellectuals, it is vital that we understand and appreciate the profound paradigm shift that occurred during the sixteenth and seventeenth century that led to the unfolding of modern capitalism. Despite a plethora of critics Max Weber's one-hundred year old thesis still stands. |
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... religious fundamentalism by the younger generation in non-Western cultures.” —Samuel P. Huntington, “The Clash of ... Sociology of Religion (Boston: Beacon Press, 1922, 1993), p.220. 3 Samuel P. Huntington, “The Clash of Civilizations ...
... religion, Weber argues that religion is the essential variable in ... Sociology at Boston University and he co-chairs the German Study Group at ... Sociological Thought (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971), p.217. 37 Ludwig von ...
... sociology of religion classics; The Religion of China (Confucianism and Taoism) (1915); The Religion of India (Hinduism and Buddhism) (1916-1917); and Ancient Judaism (1917-1919). Weber, who died suddenly in 1920, also planned to ...
... Sociology 101 textbook currently in use at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, New York states, “With Emil ... Religion and Economic Action: A Critique of Max Weber (New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1957, 1964), p.8. 58 James M. Henslin, ...
... sociology, economics, history, theology, comparative religion and philosophy. Weber was truly a remarkable interdisciplinary thinker and writer. Indeed, to this day, with in the disciplines of sociology, philosophy of religion ...
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Proof of Case Confirmatio or Probatio | 140 |
Refutation of Opposing Arguments Confutatio | 165 |
Conclusion Peroratio | 187 |
Who is Max Weber? | 199 |
Bibliography | 243 |