Weber''s Protestant Ethic - Origins, Evidence, Contexts

Klappentext A reassessment of the debate surrounding Weber's classic work Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Zusammenfassung This volume throws light on the intellectual and cultural background of Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. It debates recent criticism of Weber's thesis! and confronts new historical insight on the 17th century with Weber's interpretation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Guenther Roth; Part I. Background and Context: 1. The German theological sources and Protestant church politics Friedrich Wilhelm Graf; 2. The thesis before Weber: an archaeology Paul Munch; 3. Max Weber, Protestantism, and the debate around 1900 Thomas Nipperdey; 4. Weber the would-be Englishman: anglophilia and family history Guenther Roth; 5. Weber's historical concept of national identity Harry Liebersohn; 6. Nietzche's monastery of freer spirits and Weber's sect Hubert Treiber; 7. Weber's ascetic practices of the self Harvey Goldman; 8. The Protestant ethic versus the 'new ethic' Klaus Lichtblau; 9. The rise of capitalism: Weber versus Sombart Hartmut Lehmann; Part II. Reception and Response: 10. The longevity of the thesis: a critique of the critics Malcolm MacKinnon; 11. The use and abuse of textual data David Zaret; 12. Biographical evidence on predestination, covenant, and special providence Kaspar von Geryerz; 13. The thing that would not die: notes on refutation Guy Oakes; 14. Historical variability, sociological significance, and personal judgement Gianfranco Poggi; 15. The historiography of continental Calvinism Philip Benedict; 16. The Protestant ethic and the reality of capitalism in colonial America James Henretta; 17. The economic ethics of the world religions Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer; 18. Meet me in St Louis: Troeltsch and Weber in America Hans Rollmann; List of contributors; Index.

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• Authors: Hartmut (German Historical Institute Lehmann, Hartmut Roth Lehmann
• Assisted by: Hartmut Lehmann (Editor), Lehmann Hartmut (Editor), Guenther Roth (Editor), Roth Guenther (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.1993
• EAN: 9780521440622
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44062-2
• No. of pages: 412
• Series: Publications of the German His; Publications of the German Historical Institute
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History of Ideas, HISTORY / Social History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources, Christianity, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Christian social thought & activity