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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Mangan discusses the resuscitation of Weber’s seminal ‘The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism’ thesis, a most-evident thesis that temporarily fell out of favor in the last three decades of postmodernism. (See also Samuel Huntington’s book Who Are We?: … Continue reading

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Civil War Context

Discussing his interest in the Civil War, and his recent listening to a Civil War audiobook, Derb puts into context Lincoln’s mythically-charged ‘Emancipation Proclamation’. It was less the holy moment we’re taught in history class, and more a pragmatic, military-oriented … Continue reading

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