Centennial Rumination on Max Weber's the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismUniversal-Publishers, 13 Μαρ 2006 - 272 σελίδες 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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... 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 ...
... cultural, political, economic, and religious issues. Since June 1996 Pastor Mark has had the privilege of serving as pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Wurtemburg located in Rhinebeck, New York. St. Paul's (Wurtemburg), an active ...
... culture has indeed permeated the rest of the world. At a more basic level, however, Western concepts differ ... cultures. Western efforts to propagate each of these ideas produce instead a reaction against `human rights imperialism' and ...
... cultures, and nations over long periods of time.17 Maddison produced a chart on World GDP Growth in the Past Two ... culture] in the West tended to follow economic prosperity. Charles Murray notes that, Human accomplishment in the ...
... cultures or civilizations and replacing them with ways of life inconceivable to those who came before.”25 These are ... culture, increased life expectancy and total population, provide a safer environment to raise children, provided a ...
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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 |