Book Review: Stephen Kalberg. 2016. Searching for the Spirit of American Democracy: Max Weber’s Analysis of a Unique Political Culture, Past, Present, and Future. Routledge. 176p. ISBN: 9781612054452
By: Yannis Ktenas
Abstract
This text reviews Stephen Kalberg’s Searching for the Spirit of American Democracy: Max Weber’s Analysis of a Unique Political Culture, Past, Present, and Future, focusing on the twofold analysis Weber offered regarding the American Protestantism. The key idea Kalberg supports is that the famous “Protestant Ethic” should be read together with Weber’s less known essay on “The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism.”
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/rds.351 | Journal eISSN: 2308-0906
Language: English
Page range: 81 - 84
Submitted on: May 26, 2021
Accepted on: May 27, 2021
Published on: Jul 22, 2021
Published by: Helsinki University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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