Religion And The Rise Of Capitalism
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Few works of intellectual history have proven as enduringly provocative as R. H. Tawney's Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, a landmark study that charts the dramatic transformation of Western moral thought from the medieval period through the early modern era. Tawney argues with forensic precision that the Protestant Reformation — far from being a purely spiritual revolution — fundamentally reshaped European attitudes toward commerce, usury, and economic individualism, illustrating how Calvinist theology in particular provided the ethical scaffolding upon which modern capitalism was constructed. Drawing on a vast command of historical sources, Tawney writes with a rare combination of scholarly rigour and passionate conviction, presenting a sweeping narrative that positions religion not as a passive observer of economic change, but as its active and often unwitting architect. His work stands in direct and stimulating dialogue with Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, challenging and enriching Weber's thesis with a distinctly English sensibility and a deeper attention to social consequence. A century after its first publication, this masterwork continues to ask a question that haunts modern life: what do we owe one another, and what did we surrender when the market became our moral compass?
Author: R. H. Tawney
Format: Paperback
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few works of intellectual history have proven as enduringly provocative as R. H. Tawney's Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, a landmark study that charts the dramatic transformation of Western moral thought from the medieval period through the early modern era. Tawney argues with forensic precision that the Protestant Reformation — far from being a purely spiritual revolution — fundamentally reshaped European attitudes toward commerce, usury, and economic individualism, illustrating how Calvinist theology in particular provided the ethical scaffolding upon which modern capitalism was constructed. Drawing on a vast command of historical sources, Tawney writes with a rare combination of scholarly rigour and passionate conviction, presenting a sweeping narrative that positions religion not as a passive observer of economic change, but as its active and often unwitting architect. His work stands in direct and stimulating dialogue with Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, challenging and enriching Weber's thesis with a distinctly English sensibility and a deeper attention to social consequence. A century after its first publication, this masterwork continues to ask a question that haunts modern life: what do we owe one another, and what did we surrender when the market became our moral compass?