Spirit of CapitalismSosyoloji
> "It was the power of religious influence, not alone, but more than anything else, which created the differences of which we are conscious to-day”
Max Weber saw reformation as a new form of religion control, not elimination of Church’s ones. His aim focused on finding intimate relationship between asceticism and capitalism.
He emphasized that commercial and social interests determine opinions and altitudes of people. In today's world, person should make adapted his manner of life to conditions of capitalistic success.
“The capitalistic economy of the present day is an immense cosmos into which the individual is born, and which presents itself to him, at least as an individual, as an unalterable order of things in which he must live”
As he said: “Spirit of capitalism might be understandable, as has been said, purely as a result of adaptation”
For to discover ideal type of person who owns spirit of capitalism use Franklin.
He gets nothing out of his wealth for himself, except the irrational sense of having done his job well
One major principle of Capitalism is Labor must be performed as if it were an absolute end in itself, a calling. For providing this, Human must be able to cover some characteristics. Such as: cool self-control and frugality which enormously increase performance, being free from continual calculations of how the customary wage may be earned with a maximum of comfort and a minimum of exertion
To achieve its goal(increasing the productivity of human labor by increasing its intensity), modern capitalism was faced traditional worker’s character who did not ask how much can I earn in a day if I do as much work as possible? but how much must I work in order to earn the wage for take care of my traditional needs?”
And even to describe ideal type of