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1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 47 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Macat Library ; |
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Sebastián G., Guzmán.
Macat Library. Spoken word ;
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by John Chancer. |
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Born in Prussia in 1864, just as the new forces of capitalism and the Industrial Revolution took hold of the economy, Max Weber first studied law. Yet his interest soon shifted to economics. Perhaps because his mother had absorbed Protestant influences, Weber examined the role morality played in the lives people choose to lead. He focused on the differences in economic behavior between Catholics and Protestants. Weber was the first to identify beliefs and practices that influenced economic behavior. He found Catholics generally less motivated to succeed in business than Protestants because of their religious belief that everyone could achieve salvation. The branch of Protestants known as Calvinists, on the other hand, believed God determined everyone's salvation status before birth. Nothing a person might do on earth could save a soul marked for damnation. Left with little hope, believers tried to demonstrate their worthiness through hard work. Weber identified with these self-reliant Puritans and his groundbreaking argument helped establish him as one of the founding fathers of sociology. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Weber, Max, 1864-1920. Protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches.
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Protestant work ethic.
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Capitalism -- History.
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Chancer, John.
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hoopla digital.
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Max Weber's The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism |
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Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism |
| ISBN |
9781912284573 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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191228457X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT13752213 |
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