MaxWeber
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MaxWeber (April1864-June1920) wasaGermansociologist, philosopher, , , secularization, and “disenchantment” thatheassociatedwiththeriseofcapitalismandmodernity, “rationalization” andthe “ProtestantEthic” togetherhelpedlaunchWeber’-reachingacrossthevastarrayofdisciplinary, methodological, ideologicalandphilosophicalreflectionsthatarestillourownandincreasinglymoreso.
TheProtestantEthicandtheSpiritofCapitalismwaspublishedastwoessaysin1904and1905, , , , insocietieswithdifferentreligions, mostsuccessfulbusinessleaderswereProtestant.
Weberthusarguedthatthedevelopmentofthecallingquicklygavetothemodernentrepreneurafabulouslyclearconscience, , “spiritofcapitalism”: itwastheProtestantreligiousideologythatwasbehind — andinevitablyledto — thecapitalisteconomicsystem.
ThefollowingpassageisPart2takenfromTheProtestantEthicandtheSpiritofCapitalism.
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[1]“Remember, thattimeismoney.Hethatcanearntenshillings1adaybyhislabor, andgoesabroad, orsitsidle, onehalfofthatday, thoughhespendsbutsixpenceduringhisdiversionoridleness, oughtnottoreckonthattheonlyexpense; hehasreallyspent, ratherthrownaway, fiveshillings, besides.
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