The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Michael D. Coe, R.H. Tawney, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Michael D. Coe, R.H. Tawney, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons

320 pages first pub 1904 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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The Protestant ethic — a moral code stressing hard work, rigorous self-discipline, and the organization of one's life in the service of God — was made famous by sociologist and political economist Max Weber. In this brilliant study (his best-known...

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