Weber, Passion and Profits: 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism' in Context

by Jack Barbalet

Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is one of the best-known and most enduring texts of classical sociology, continually inspirational and widely read by both scholars and students. In an insightful interpretation, Jack Barbalet discloses that Weber's work is not simply about the cultural origins of capitalism but an allegory concerning the Germany of his day. Situating The Protestant Ethic in the development of Weber's prior...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052189509X
• ISBN13: 9780521895095
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"