The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Sport

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Sport
Author: Steven J. Overman
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2011
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0881462268

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Steven Overman explores the concordant values of the Protestant ethic, capitalism, and sport by applying German scholar Max Weber's seminal thesis. Weber demonstrated a relationship between the Protestant ethic and a form of economic behavior he labeled the ôcalling of capitalism.ö