Table Of ContentIntroduction by Anthony Giddens Translators Preface Author's Introduction Part I: the Problem Religious affiliation and social stratification the spirit of capitalism Luther's conception of the calling Part II: the Practical Ethics of the Ascetic Branches of Protestantism the religious foundations of wordly asceticism: calvinism; pietism; methodism; the baptist sects Asceticism and the spirit of capital Notes; index
SynopsisFirst published in 1905 this is one of the most renowned and controversial works of modern social science. It remains one of the key texts in sociology.