Weber, passion and profits : 'the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism' in context /

Weber, passion and profits : 'the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism' in context /

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Author / Creator:Barbalet, J. M., 1946-
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Weber, Max, -- 1864-1920. -- Protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus -- History and criticism.
Protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus (Weber, Max)
Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches.
Protestant work ethic.
Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches.
Protestant work ethic.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814424
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ISBN:0511414838
9780511414831
9780511415517
0511415516
9780511413247
0511413246
052189509X
9780521895095
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-243) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Max Weber's 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism' is one of the best-known and most enduring texts of classical sociology, continually inspirational and widely read by both scholars and students. In an insightful and original interpretation, Jack Barbalet discloses that Weber's work is not simply about the cultural origins of capitalism but an allegory concerning the Germany of his day. Situating 'The Protestant Ethic' in the development of Weber's prior and subsequent writing, Barbalet traces changes in his understanding of key concepts including 'calling' and 'rationality'. In a close analysis of the ethical underpinnings of the capitalist spirit and of the institutional structure of capitalism, Barbalet identifies continuities between Weber and the eighteenth-century founder of economic science, Adam Smith, as well as Weber's contemporary, the American firebrand, Thorstein Veblen. Finally, by considering Weber's investigation of Judaism and capitalism, important aspects of his account of Protestantism and capitalism are revealed.
Other form:Print version: Barbalet, J.M., 1946- Weber, passion and profits. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521895095 052189509X
Standard no.:9786611751487

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