Open AccessProtestant ethics of Max Weber: Origins, justification
Author(s) -
Vira Serhiyko
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/1999.9.824
Subject(s) - calvinism , capitalism , protestant work ethic , protestantism , feudalism , interpretation (philosophy) , philosophy , neoclassical economics , religious studies , law , economics , political science , linguistics , politics
The thesis that Protestantism in general, and Calvinism in particular, are in some particularly close relationship with capitalism, just as it existed between capitalism and feudalism, has become a common accepted truth of historical interpretation, despite the modifications that this theory has undergone since Max Weber (1864-1920) first formulated it.