Intellectual Work and the Spirit of Capitalism: Weber's CallingThis book offers a unique and accessible way of conceptualizing the vocations of art, science, and politics in the capitalist world through an examination of some neglected features of the work of the scholar who first traced their origins and consequences in 'the West': Max Weber. |
Contents
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Fausts Study | 27 |
Tolstoys Keynote | 126 |
Intellectual Work and the Spirit of Capitalism | 189 |
Appendix A Sombart versus Weber on Technology and Culture 191011 | 208 |
Appendix B The Free Students Federation and Intellectual Work as a Vocation 191719 | 211 |
Appendix C Lecture notes for Politics as a Vocation 1919 | 216 |
Economy and Society 191020 | 224 |
The Economic Ethics of the World Religions 190420 | 229 |
Bibliography | 235 |
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Intellectual Work and the Spirit of Capitalism: Weber's Calling Thomas Kemple No preview available - 2014 |
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