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THE WEBER THESIS OF CALVINISM AND CAPITALISM-ITS VARIOUS VERSIONS AND THEIR 'FATE' IN SOCIAL SCIENCE.
- Source :
- Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences; Winter2016, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p41-58, 18p, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The paper identifies and examines various multiple renditions of the so-called Weber Thesis of an historical association and convergence between ascetic Protestantism, above all Calvinism, and the emergence and development of modern capitalism as an economic spirit and system. Specifically, it detects at least four different versions and formulations or interpretations, thus casting doubt in the common view of the Weber Thesis as a single and monolithic theory or hypothesis. The paper also considers the status of the multiple versions of the Weber Thesis in post-Weberian and contemporary sociology and related disciplines like economics and history. It concludes that the weaker, relaxed renditions of the Weber Thesis have attained a greater success and more endured in contemporary social science than have its stronger, stricter versions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CALVINISM
PROTESTANTISM
CAPITALISM
SOCIAL sciences
SOCIOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00225061
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112194197
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.21760