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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Economy Editions)

Max Weber

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A Calvinist theology of the calling produced the disciplined labor that capitalism then ran on.

Sex: Absent
Work: Primary
Learning: Present
Religion: Primary

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calling

Luther's translation introduces 'Beruf' — worldly work named as a calling, where before only the monastic vocation carried the word.
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The Puritan reads the providential purpose of the division of labour by its fruits — anticipating Adam Smith.
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work-as-meaning

The greed of the sea-captain who 'would go through hell for gain' was NOT the spirit of capitalism — disciplined, methodical work was.
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