Vol. 12 No. 1 (2006): História da Historiografia e Teoria da História
Artigos

The Myth of “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism” as a Sociological Work

Keywords

  • Max Weber,
  • German historiography,
  • historiographical myth

How to Cite

Mata, Sérgio da. 2006. “The Myth of ‘The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism’ As a Sociological Work”. Locus: History Journal 12 (1). https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/locus/article/view/20631.

Abstract

This article presents the thesis that Weber’s Protestant Ethic is an historical rather than sociological study and that the belief that the Ethic is a classic of sociology has an eminently mythologizing character.

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