Essay On Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism By Karl Marx

Society is essential to the nourishing of the human condition in the 21st century. In order to understand the necessity of society we must effectively define what it is, which, evidently can pose many existential questions. Karl Marx and Max Weber attempted to theorize, how society is shaped through the bedrock of institutions and authority structures and how the individual is the contributing factor. To understand this we must examine the sociological construct of the individual and how one is shaped by their contextual surroundings. To determine this, over the course of this essay we will draw comparison from aspects of both theorists’ arguments, of the way society shapes the individual’s perception, which leads to the changing of society. We will examine this a co-dominant relationship that determines mode of consumption and how this consumption is due to a peak in rationalization. This will be examined through the lens of alienation and disenchantment, and how certainly as a western society we are different to the social and political structures of pre industrialization.

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(SOURCE) It was suggested that early Calvinists required signs of prosper and success in order to determine their salvation. (SOURCE) Campbell contends that Weber could have drawn further conclusions from analysis of later Calvinist practices. These practices were more concerned with good taste or the ‘fashion of the day’. A sense of good taste was associated with good morals and good standing within the community. We interpret this, as your participation in consumerism is a reflection of your ability to assimilate into a society. This is something Weber failed to pursue in his works mainly trying to focus on the fact that certain protestant sects had moved towards a totally different platform of re-enchantment via