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The Capitalist Future: A Consequence Of Calvinist Annunciation
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In his work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Weber
predicts that the future will be a world of "mechanized perfection" devoid of
"religious and ethical meaning." In this world modern capitalism becomes a self
sustaining system no longer needing the Calvinist religious impetus ....
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....n shifted from 'working to live' to 'living to work.' Traditional
capitalism which relied on the "greedy maximization of profit in a one-shot
enterprise," (14) became the rational modern capitalism, a continuous cycle
involving the constant "productive investment of capital." (172) The Calvinist
teachings demanded honest dealings in business, steady production and sales, and
continuous savings and reinvestment which no doubt led to phenomenal business
growth and success. Weber illustrates in the.... |
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