A Catholic correction of Max Weber’s thesis on Protestant ethic in the view of Michael Novak
Max Weber’s thesis on the decisive influence of Protestant ethic on the formation and development of modern capitalism has become one of the best-known and widely shared canonical claims in social sciences. Since its publication at the beginning of the 20th century, this thesis, supported by subsequ...
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| description | Max Weber’s thesis on the decisive influence of Protestant ethic on the formation and development of modern capitalism has become one of the best-known and widely shared canonical claims in social sciences. Since its publication at the beginning of the 20th century, this thesis, supported by subsequent great works by the German classic, has rarely been the subject of major controversy. The work of correcting Weber’s thesis was undertaken in the late 20th century by Michael Novak. Novak’s correction is not confrontational, but complementary. The American thinker abandons the research area of minority Protestant communities, which caught Weber’s attention, and undertakes an analysis of the broader religious tradition, developing both before and after the Reformation. In particular, the achievements of Pope John Paul II, interpreted by Novak in terms of the renewal of a liberty current of Catholic social thought, provide important corrective data. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-074144bd200a49919c2ca04fb3fe70a72023-12-11T07:37:35ZengSciendoEthics & Bioethics (in Central Europe)2453-78292023-12-01133-411812610.2478/ebce-2023-0014A Catholic correction of Max Weber’s thesis on Protestant ethic in the view of Michael NovakGóra Dariusz01Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (Poland)Max Weber’s thesis on the decisive influence of Protestant ethic on the formation and development of modern capitalism has become one of the best-known and widely shared canonical claims in social sciences. Since its publication at the beginning of the 20th century, this thesis, supported by subsequent great works by the German classic, has rarely been the subject of major controversy. The work of correcting Weber’s thesis was undertaken in the late 20th century by Michael Novak. Novak’s correction is not confrontational, but complementary. The American thinker abandons the research area of minority Protestant communities, which caught Weber’s attention, and undertakes an analysis of the broader religious tradition, developing both before and after the Reformation. In particular, the achievements of Pope John Paul II, interpreted by Novak in terms of the renewal of a liberty current of Catholic social thought, provide important corrective data.https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2023-0014inner-worldly asceticismcatholic ethicprotestant ethiccreativitymodern capitalismcallingjohn paul ii |
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| title | A Catholic correction of Max Weber’s thesis on Protestant ethic in the view of Michael Novak |
| title_full | A Catholic correction of Max Weber’s thesis on Protestant ethic in the view of Michael Novak |
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| title_short | A Catholic correction of Max Weber’s thesis on Protestant ethic in the view of Michael Novak |
| title_sort | catholic correction of max weber s thesis on protestant ethic in the view of michael novak |
| topic | inner-worldly asceticism catholic ethic protestant ethic creativity modern capitalism calling john paul ii |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2023-0014 |
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