The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism / Max Weber ; translated by Talcott Parsons ; with a foreword by R.H. Tawney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weber, Max, 1864-1920.

Contributor:

Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979, translator.

Tawney, R. H. (Richard Henry), 1880-1962.

Standardized Title:

Protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Religious aspects--Protestant churches.

Capitalism.

Protestant work ethic.

Penn Provenance:

Hall, Stuart, 1932-2014 (former owner) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Chedore, Adrian (autograph) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Sussex University Bookshop (Brighton, England) (label) (LIBRA Rare copy)

Physical Description:

xi, 1(a)-1(e), 2-292 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Unwin University Books, 1970.

Contents:

Part I: The problem. 1. Religious affiliation and social stratification

2. The spirit of capitalism

3. Luther's conception of the calling, task of the investigation. Part II: The practical ethics of the ascetic branches of protestantism. 4. The religious foundations of worldly asecticism

5. Asceticism and the spirit of capitalism.

Notes:

Translation of: Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-284) and index.

Local Notes:

LIBRA Rare copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2016 from Housmans Bookshop (London, England).

LIBRA Rare copy formerly owned by Stuart Hall, with his annotations.

LIBRA Rare copy has bookseller's label ("SUSSEX UNIVERSITY Bookshop FALMER, BRIGHTON") on p. [2] of cover.

LIBRA Rare copy has autograph ("Adrian Chedore, EngAm. Sussex University.") of Adrian Chedore (b. 1951) in blue ink on leaf preceding series title leaf.

OCLC:

958184167