Reading Weber's patterns of response to critics of the protestant ethic: Some 'affinities' in and between replies to Felix Rachfabl and Werner Sombart

Journal of Classical Sociology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-51

  Chalcraft, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elective affinities; Oysters; Protestant Ethic debate; Psychology; Rachfahl; Sombart; Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444449301     PISSN: 1468795X     EISSN: 17412897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468795X05050037     Document Type: Review

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