THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND
THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
THE PROTESTANT ETHIC
AND THE
SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
TRANSLATED BY
TALCOTT PARSONS
Tutor in Economics, Harvard University
WITH A FOREWORD BY
R. H. TAWNEY
NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
LONDON:
GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD.
FIRST PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN IN 1930
SECOND IMPRESSION 1948
THIRD IMPRESSION 1950
This book is copyright under the Berne Convention
No portion of it may be reproduced by
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PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
BUTLER AND TANNER LTD., FROME AND LONDON
CONTENTS
| | ix |
| | 1 |
| | 13 |
| I. | 35 |
| II. | 47 |
| III. | 79 |
| IV. | 95 |
| | A. Calvinism | 98 |
| | B. Pietism | 128 |
| | C. Methodism | 139 |
| | 144 |
| V. | 155 |
| | 185 |
| | 285 |
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