Werner Sombart and Max Weber from the point of the accounting of the rational economic action
Abstract
Werner Sombart (1863–1941) and Max Weber (1864-1920), started in a academic polemic on the contribution of Jews or Puritans to modern Western civilization. M. Weber accepted the nucleus of rationalism in Calvinism’s a mode of methodic and economic life. According to Weber, the Calvinist interpretation of the doctrine of predestination, as it influenced everyday behaviour, underlies the achievement drive of capitalist society. Weber argued that the causal role of Jews in capitalist development was so limitted, because Jews are very traditionalistic. Sombart argued, against Weber, that Protestantism is mystic, but European Jewry resists the mystic life. Also Sombart insisted that Jews are inner-worldly ascetic and associated asceticism with self-control.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Business Administration
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Kürşat Haldun Akalın
OSMANİYE KORKUT ATA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ
Publication Date
December 1, 2015
Submission Date
July 31, 2017
Acceptance Date
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Year 2015 Volume: 65 Number: 2