Weber agreed that individuals explained human behavior in reference to religion and not economic power in connection to religion. The Catholics argued that placing wealth before God could jeopardize the soul and also that was against the kingdom of God as nothing as nothing ought to come before the kingdom. Weber arrived at the protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism by analyzing the three religions the Catholicism, Lutheranism and the protestant denominations and related the analysis to the extent they could bring psychological rewards. This scenario was only evident in European countries and more particularly in protestant nations. The Protestant EthicĪccording to Weber, capitalism was the accumulation of wealth and deeply rooted in rationality to him capitalism emerged victorious over tradition and was as a result of a disciplined labor force. These Protestants prioritized work over material success and nothing else mattered according to them whether their families, leisure or hobbies, and therefore capitalism was argued to have roots in the protestant denomination (Protestant Ethic 14). To him, even the modern day capitalists are unable to explain its origin.Īccording to Weber, the spirit of the present capitalism developed out of protestant ethic of the 16 th century of the puritan churches and even sects: these are mainly the Calvinists, the Methodists, and the Quakers etcetera. Max Weber in his book the protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism sought to explain the emergence of the modern capitalism and the origin of the modern secular and industrial society.Īccording to Weber, the source of work ethic and material success that is considered the beginning of material success is found in the premises of business strength. Proposing instead that for any outcome there can be
Weber did not believe in monocausal explanations,
It has attained a level of civilization never The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist, one of the most important theorists of the development of modern Western society.
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