Cultural Studies
Max Weber
Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe
Band I/18: Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus. Die protestantischen Sekten und der Geist des Kapitalismus. Schriften 1904–1920
Hrsg. v. Wolfgang Schluchter in Zus.-Arb. m. Ursula Bube
[Volume I/18: Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism. Writings 1904–1920.]
unrevised e-Book edition 2019; Original edition 2016; 2016. XVII, 763 pages.
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Published in German.
The revised version of Max Weber's famous study on the »Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism« is presented in this volume along with the almost completely rewritten essay on the sects. Weber regarded both essays as being an integral part of volume I of his »Collected Essays on the Sociology of Religion,« which he prefaced with »Preliminary Remarks.« Here he spelled out the thrust of his entire collection: to identify the distinctiveness of Western, especially modern Western, rationalism and explain its rise. In the editor's introduction, the broader context of these three texts is described while in his editorial report, the genesis of this revision is demonstrated on a textual basis.