The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus.
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Born 1864
Born 1864, Erfurt. Giant of social science. Protestant Ethic argued Calvinist asceticism birthed capitalism. Established interpretive sociology, ideal types, iron cage. Died 1920 of Spanish flu.
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