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  • The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

  • Written by: Max Weber
  • Narrated by: Monroe Clark McBride
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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 powerful and fascinating. 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 20th century. The book is one of those rare works of scholarship which no informed citizen can afford to ignore.

Public Domain (P)2017 Cherry Hill Publishing, LLC
Religious Studies Classics Economics World
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Well read

Great description of religious pillars of Protestantism
(calling, honesty and effort) and how society tried to absorb it on its way to progress

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SSeminal and true.

This book is an excellent and very important book in understanding the relation between liberty Christ and capitalism and how all three are interwoven. Capitalism can only work properly within the framework of obedience to Christ. Joy this book as I can.

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A timeless read

Weber lives up to the hype. Amazing insight with exhaustive research to support his herculean effort coupled with the perspective to understand the limits of his work. Superb stuff. If only he had lived long enough to complete his life's work.

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