Sam Whimster
Honorary Professor in Sociology at the University of New South Wales
1 episode
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Weber's The Protestant Ethic
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Max Weber's book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
27 March 2014
Also featuring: Peter Ghosh, Linda Woodhead
HistoryWriters about activism and social change19th-century German male writers19th-century German philosophersPhilosophers of economicsGerman political philosophersGerman philosophers of historyGerman philosophers of cultureCritics of work and the work ethic20th-century German philosophersHumboldt University of Berlin alumniGerman philosophers of scienceUniversity of Göttingen alumniMembers of the Bavarian Academy of SciencesHeidelberg University alumni19th-century German writersAcademic staff of the Humboldt University of BerlinGerman nationalistsPeople from the Province of SaxonyUniversity of Strasbourg alumniMax WeberGerman philosophers of technologyEconomic sociologistsDeaths from pneumonia in GermanyContinental philosophersEconomic historians, German sociologists