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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... 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 ...
... thesis. He earned his Ph.D., Summa Cum Laude, from Trinity Theological Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana (2005). He is currently a candidate for a Doctor of Ministry degree at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. He expects to ...
... Weber and his thesis on the Protestant ethic is of continued interest and importance for at lease four reasons: First, paraphrasing the old Sara Lee commercial, “Nobody doesn't like Max Weber.” Despite the fact the Max Weber died in ...
... Weber embarked on a series of classic comparative religion studies. With this project Weber sought to prove The Protestant Ethic in reverse. Thus, Max Weber's one hundred year old thesis not only helps explain the origins of Western ...
... Weber thesis, a Hindu Economist from UCLA named Deepak Lai, argues that religion and culture play an essential role in economic development.84 Hence, due to a lack of Weber's Protestant ethic the phenomenon of “economic backwardness”85 ...
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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 |