These Protestants prioritized work over material success and nothing else mattered according to them whether their families, leisure or hobbies, and therefore capitalism was argued to have roots in the protestant denomination (Protestant Ethic 14). To him, even the modern day capitalists are unable to explain its origin.Īccording to Weber, the spirit of the present capitalism developed out of protestant ethic of the 16 th century of the puritan churches and even sects: these are mainly the Calvinists, the Methodists, and the Quakers etcetera. Max Weber in his book the protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism sought to explain the emergence of the modern capitalism and the origin of the modern secular and industrial society.Īccording to Weber, the source of work ethic and material success that is considered the beginning of material success is found in the premises of business strength. Proposing instead that for any outcome there can be Weber did not believe in monocausal explanations, It has attained a level of civilization never The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist, one of the most important theorists of the development of modern Western society.
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