Back الأخلاق البروتستانتية وروح الرأسمالية Arabic Protestant etikası və kapitalizm ruhu Azerbaijani Протестантската етика и духът на капитализма Bulgarian L'ètica protestant i l'esperit del capitalisme Catalan Protestantská etika a duch kapitalismu Czech Den protestantiske etik og kapitalismens ånd Danish Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus German Etikê Protestani u Rohê Kapitalizmi DIQ La protestanta etiko kaj la spirito de kapitalismo Esperanto La ética protestante y el espíritu del capitalismo Spanish
 Cover of the German edition from 1934 | |
| Author | Max Weber |
|---|---|
| Original title | Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Economic sociology |
Publication date | 1905 |
| Text | The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism at Wikisource |
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (German: Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus) is a book written by Max Weber, a German sociologist, economist, and politician. Begun as a series of essays, the original German text was composed in 1904 and 1905, and was translated into English for the first time by American sociologist Talcott Parsons in 1930.[1] It is considered a founding text in economic sociology and a milestone contribution to sociological thought in general.
In the book, Weber wrote that capitalism in Northern Europe evolved when the Protestant (particularly Calvinist) ethic influenced large numbers of people to engage in work in the secular world, developing their own enterprises and engaging in trade and the accumulation of wealth for investment. In other words, the Protestant work ethic was an important force behind the unplanned and uncoordinated emergence of modern capitalism.[2] In his book, apart from Calvinists, Weber also discusses Lutherans (especially Pietists, but also notes differences between traditional Lutherans and Calvinists), Methodists, Baptists, Quakers, and Moravians (specifically referring to the Herrnhut-based community under Count von Zinzendorf's spiritual lead).
In 1998, the International Sociological Association listed this work as the fourth most important sociological book of the 20th century, after Weber's Economy and Society, Mills' The Sociological Imagination, and Merton's Social Theory and Social Structure.[3] It is the 8th most cited book in the social sciences published before 1950.[4]
- ^ Max Weber; Peter R. Baehr; Gordon C. Wells (2002). The Protestant ethic and the "spirit" of capitalism and other writings. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-043921-2. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ McKinnon, AM (2010). "Elective affinities of the Protestant ethic: Weber and the chemistry of capitalism" (PDF). Sociological Theory. 28 (1): 108–126. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9558.2009.01367.x. hdl:2164/3035. S2CID 144579790.
- ^ "ISA - International Sociological Association: Books of the Century". International Sociological Association. 1998. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ Green, Elliott (12 May 2016). "What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)?". LSE Impact Blog. London School of Economics.
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