Weber, passion and profits : 'the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism' in context / Jack Barbalet.

Author/creator Barbalet, J. M., 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Subjects

Contents From the inaugural lecture to the Protestant ethic : political education and German futures -- From the Protestant ethic to the vocation lectures : Beruf, rationality and emotion -- Passions and profits : the emotional origins of capitalism in seventeenth-century England -- Protestant virtues and deferred gratification : Max Weber and Adam Smith on the spirit of capitalism -- Ideal-type, institutional and evolutionary analyses of the origins of capitalism : Max Weber and Thorstein Veblen -- The Jewish question : religious doctrine and sociological method.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 226-243) and index.
LCCN 2008012211
ISBN9780521895095 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN052189509X (hbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BR115 .C3 B37 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold