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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... traditional status based relationships. And second, the power of the State was limited to the enforcement of contracts, providing a national defense, preventing crime, and a few other basic functions.15 In economic terms we would say ...
... traditional “family, clan, and tribal” social and political structures. 5.) The Rule of Law displacing the “divine right of kings,” and monarchical caprice. 6.) Equality under the law. 7.) A clear legal doctrine of marriage and ...
... traditional needs are fulfilled, work ceases. This frame of mind stands in stark opposition to the development of modern capitalism and the Protestant ethic. Kalberg, p.lxxviii. Following the Protestant frame of mind of economic ...
... traditional and classical loci form. 123 White. 124Robert Kolb and Timothy J. Wengert, eds., The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000). 125 Martin Luther, Jaroslav ...
... traditional and backward. Max Weber and Ernst Troeltsch are certainly correct when they criticize Luther—and look to John Calvin and his later followers as the source for the Protestant ethic. Indeed, without John Calvin there would be ...
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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 |