![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s significance for the development of capitalism is obvious” (1904/2010:177). In The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Weber agues that Protestant asceticism, while not responsible for the creation of capitalism, “it was the ethic of ascetic Protestantism that it first found a consistent ethical foundation. (8B) (Required) Popular Culture and the Spirit of Capitalism: According to Weber, what were the original religious reasons for the predominant pursuit of profit? Identify contemporary evidence of the capitalist/modern ethos (might include pictures), and discuss (1) whether you agree that there is indeed such an ethos of profit and (2) whether the spirit of capitalism is consistent with maximizing human potential and valuing human community. ![]()
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