Protestant Ethic and Other Writings

Nov 5, 2024 6:22 PM

Author:Max Weber

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.

Reviews

Provocative and timely

—— John Gray , The Independent

Gripping...impressive intellectual range

—— The New York Times

Fascinating

—— The Glasgow Herald

Alister McGrath invariably combines enormous scholarship with an accessible and engaging style.

—— Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury

This is indeed a thought-provoking book

—— BBC History Magazine

Highly readable

—— TLS

A sympathetic and interesting guide to the intellectual and social landscape of the past 200 years or so.

—— Church Times

Readable and memorable, this is intellectual history at its best

—— Publishers Weekly

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