{"product_id":"protestant-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism-weber","title":"Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Weber - paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMax Weber\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780486427034\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003epaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection: \u003c\/b\u003eEconomics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Protestant ethic — a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organization of one's life in the service of God — was made famous by sociologist and political economist Max Weber. In this brilliant study (his best-known and most controversial), he opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and its view that change takes place through \"the struggle of opposites.\" Instead, he relates the rise of a capitalist economy to the Puritan determination to work out anxiety over salvation or damnation by performing good deeds — an effort that ultimately discouraged belief in predestination and encouraged capitalism. Weber's classic study has long been required reading in college and advanced high school social studies classrooms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Economics","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48522727751904,"sku":"Books:9780486427034n","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/816uAytlVLL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767896998","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/protestant-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism-weber","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}