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Protestant Work Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism Summary

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In The Protestant Work Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism , Max Weber writes on the principles of modern day capitalism and what he thinks is the source of those principles. Weber published this work in 1905, however, the ideas in this work still applies to today`s society in many ways. Weber writes that the protestant religion pushes people to look for signs that they have been saved. These signs include wealth on earth. This pushes people to work hard and accumulate wealth. Weber describes wealthy people as people who ascetically saved money and worked. If weber states that people who are saved are wealthy, then poor people were probably seen as sinners or bad people because they did not hold the same ascetic ways of life as the wealthier

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