Weber, passion and profits : 'the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism' in context / Jack Barbalet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barbalet, J. M., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Religious aspects--Protestant churches.

Capitalism.

Protestant work ethic.

Weber, Max, 1864-1920. Protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus--History and criticism.

Weber, Max.

Physical Description:

xi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Contents:

From the inaugural lecture to the Protestant ethic : political education and German futures

From the Protestant ethic to the vocation lectures : Beruf, rationality and emotion

Passions and profits : the emotional origins of capitalism in seventeenth-century England

Protestant virtues and deferred gratification : Max Weber and Adam Smith on the spirit of capitalism

Ideal-type, institutional and evolutionary analyses of the origins of capitalism : Max Weber and Thorstein Veblen

The Jewish question : religious doctrine and sociological method.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-243) and index.

ISBN:

9780521895095

052189509X

OCLC:

222663716

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