The modern state in Weber

Max Weber

Max Weber

________ analyzes the relationship between religion, state, and capitalist development in his work The Protestant ethics and the spirit of capitalism, whose texts were published between 1904 and 1905.

Calvinism

Calvinism considers the doctrine of predestination: human beings would already be predestined to be condemned or saved in eternal life after death.

Frenchman John Calvin

The Frenchman John Calvin (1509- 1564) was another great exponent of the Protestant Reformation.

Benjamin Franklin

In trying to explain the spirit of capitalism, Weber presents some ideas, such as those attributed to ________ (1706- 1790), a political philosopher and American diplomat.

processes of bureaucratization

The processes of bureaucratization became an inseparable part of societies, especially in the context of European modernity

The Catholic Church, in the past, condemned this practice, called usury

it did not see money as a productive good and a generator of value

Calvinism considers the doctrine of predestination

human beings would already be predestined to be condemned or saved in eternal life after death

There is little by little a revolution of mentality

many begin to consider only rational and material content and criticize religion and metaphysical philosophy

For Max

The modern state was accompanied by the development of a bureaucracy