For the first time in 70 years a new translation of Max Webers classic TheProtestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism one of the seminal works insociology pub... » 

For the first time in 70 years a new translation of Max Webers classic TheProtestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism one of the seminal works insociology published in September 2001. Translator Stephen Kalberg is aninternationally acclaimed Weberian scholar and in this new translation heoffers a precise and nuanced rendering that captures both Webers style and theunusual subtlety of his descriptions and causal arguments. Webers originalitalicization highlighting major themes has been restored and Kalberg hasstandardized Webers terminology to better facilitate understanding of thevarious twists and turns in his complex lines of reasoning.Webers compelling work remains influential for these reasons it explores thecontinuing debate regarding the origins and legacy of modem capitalism in theWest it helps the reader understand todays global economic development andit plumbs the deep cultural forces that affect contemporary work life and theworkplace in the United States and Europe.This new editiontranslation also includes a glossary Webers 1906 essay TheProtestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism and Webers masterful prefatoryremarks to his Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion in which hedefines the uniqueness of Western societies and asks what ideas and interestscombined to create modem Western rationalism «