A review by asavva
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

Reading this I can understand why it has been so influential throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Though I don’t agree with all of Weber’s conclusions, I found it a very thought-provoking starting point for potentially understanding why modern society is the way it is; particularly the social debates that we have today, e.g. how involved the state should be in people’s daily lives, and the “welfare state”.
I’m not a Protestant so I can’t speak to Weber’s interpretation of various Protestant theology. Nonetheless, despite the outdated nature of some of the text, I would recommend it to those interested in economics, sociology, and politics.