The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: Volume 91 (Routledge Classics) - Softcover

Weber, Max

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041525406X ISBN 13: 9780415254069

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West. Widely considered as the most informed work ever written on the social effects of advanced capitalism, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism holds its own as one of the most significant books of the twentieth century. The book is one of those rare works of scholarship which no informed citizen can afford to ignore.

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Review:

"One of the most renowned and controversial works of modern social science."
-Anthony Giddens
"Max Weber is the one undisputed canonical figure in contemporary sociology."
-Times Higher Education Supplement

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'One of the most renowned and controversial works of modern social science.' - Anthony Giddens

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 041525406X
• ISBN 13: 9780415254069
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320