Week 3.1: Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism


Grant Wood, American Gothic (1930)
Reading:
Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 28-36, 69-79, 120
View: Grant Wood, American Gothic (website)

Study Questions:
1. According to Weber, why are Calvinists especially scared of going to hell? How does this drive them to work more?

2. Please bring in any questions about the text or any passages you had difficulty with so that we can address them in class. Explain why you had difficulty. Chances are that if you had difficulty with them someone else did as well.