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A review by cinnakuuri
The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.25
this essay dragged on for far longer than i was mentally prepared to absorb. i'd wanted to read through the source material so i could say that i'm not overly reliant on secondary sources. as it turned out the article i'd read beforehand already told me much of what i needed to know.
i have to admit i also struggled with the parts of the work that distinguished between the different major protestant sects—there's only so much that i know about them apart from their name, given that i was raised catholic.
but at least i learned one crucial detail from weber himself: capitalism, somehow, is the philosophy of monasticism made mainstream. this explains why i have such an undying work ethic similar to that of a calvinist; my alma mater is closely associated with arguably the father of monasticism himself, benedict of nursia.
i have to admit i also struggled with the parts of the work that distinguished between the different major protestant sects—there's only so much that i know about them apart from their name, given that i was raised catholic.
but at least i learned one crucial detail from weber himself: capitalism, somehow, is the philosophy of monasticism made mainstream. this explains why i have such an undying work ethic similar to that of a calvinist; my alma mater is closely associated with arguably the father of monasticism himself, benedict of nursia.