The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism and Other Writings

The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism and Other Writings - Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics

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Publisher's Synopsis

In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties.

Book information

ISBN: 9780140439212
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.6
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 392
Weight: 336g
Height: 200mm
Width: 135mm
Spine width: 19mm