Protestant ethics and the spirit of capitalism. Weber M.

Maximilian Weber (1864 - 1920) - the largest German sociologist, the founder of sociology as a science of society, still affecting its development.

Why are some states richer and others are poorer?

Why did the Catholic countries, despite the accumulated colossal wealth, after the reformation of the 16th century, naughty to be the locomotives of history?

And how did the religious teaching of Protestants affect this, in which Asceticism was bizarrely combined with wealth? capitalism. "

The author shows us the relationship of Protestant religious values ​​and the" spirit of capitalism ", arguing that in countries where such values ​​dominated, the development of capitalism was faster and easier.