description: A brilliant book which studies the psychological conditions which made possible the development of capitalist civilization. The book analyzes the connection between the spread of Calvinism and a new attitude toward the pursuit of wealth in post-Reformation Europe and England, and attitude which permitted, encouraged–even sanctified–the human quest for prosperity.
language: English
title: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
titlecomplete: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
genres: Classics, History, Philosophy, Religion, Sociology, Economics, Nonfiction, Theory, Social Science, Politics
ratings_count: 13097
publisher: Scribner