Weber's Protestant ethic: origins, evidence, contexts
The historical relationship between Protestantism, capitalism, and democracy remains one of the most controversial intellectual themes of out time. Max Weber's famous thesis about the link between the 'Protestant ethic' and the 'spirit of capitalism' and its dissolution in h...
| Résumé: | The historical relationship between Protestantism, capitalism, and democracy remains one of the most controversial intellectual themes of out time. Max Weber's famous thesis about the link between the 'Protestant ethic' and the 'spirit of capitalism' and its dissolution in his own era has been both widely acclaimed and heatedly disputed since its publication in 1904–5. This volume, the result of an international, interdisciplinary effort, throws light on the intellectual and cultural background of Weber's work, debates recent criticism of Weber's thesis, and confronts new historical insight on the 17th century with Weber's interpretation The German theological sources and Protestant church politics / Friedrich Wilhelm Graf -- The thesis before Weber : an archaeology / Paul Münch -- Max Weber, Protestantism, and the debate around 1900 / Thomas Nipperdey -- Weber the would-be-Englishman : anglophilia and family history / Guenther Roth -- Weber's historical concept of national identity / Harry Liebersohn -- Nietzsche's monastery for freer spirits and Weber's sect / Hubert Treiber -- Weber's ascetic practices of the self / Harvey S. Goldman -- The Protestant ethic versus the "new ethic" / Klaus Lichtblau -- The rise of capitalism : Weber versus Sombart / Hartmut Lehmann -- The longevity of the thesis : a critique of the critics / Malcolm H. MacKinnon The use and abuse of textual data / David Zaret -- Biographical evidence of predestination, covenant, and special providence / Kaspar von Greyerz -- The thing that would not die : notes on refutation / Guy Oakes -- Historical viability, sociological significance, and personal judgment / Gianfranco Poggi -- The historiography of continental Calvinism / Philip Benedict -- The Protestant ethic and the reality of capitalism in colonial America / James A. Henretta -- The economic ethics of the world religions / Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer -- "Meet me in St. Louis" : Troeltsch and Weber in America / Hans Rollmann |
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| Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 1139052462 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139052467 |