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Summary Of Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism

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In book "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" Max Weber draws a parallel between development of religion in society and development of economic relationships. Thus, the author shows that religion can directly affect the development of the economy, and to be the main factor of how this society develops itself.
The author draws attention to how capitalist relations developed in Western countries. It is a relationship in which economic behavior is not oriented owners to meet their traditional needs, and the profit. Thus, it contributes to the enrichment through rational organization of production and minimizing wasteful expenses. Modern enterprises are based on the principles of profitability. Such principles were not in the previous farms colonizers, adventurers, conquerors.
The concept of "spirit," which is used in the title of the book is explained in the text. "Spirit" of capitalism - is the mentality of people who seek enrichment through active and productive work. However, they limit themselves in the costs of various spheres of life, and thereby provide certain ascetic …show more content…

The author draws a parallel with Catholic worldview. The book explains that a lifestyle that promotes Catholicism, could be the basis of capitalism. Lifestyle Catholics could not create capitalism, which is distributed throughout the western world. Another thing Protestantism, which promoted the new view of money and labor, pay and profit. Protestants were able to create ethical rules that gave impetus to the development of modern capitalism.
"The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" - is not a theoretical statement variant philosophy of history. This explanation of how religion affects human society and its economic behavior and the formation of the economic system as a whole. At first glance, that may be common between rational economic relations material and spiritual, spiritual irrational

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