...or, if neither, mechanized petrification, embellished with a sort of convulsive self-importance. For the last stage of this cultural development, it might...attained a level of civilization never before achieved. (Weber, 1958, p. 182) Freud and Jung too, from their different psychological perspectives, saw the...

...greatest defenders, Max Weber, in his classic essay, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: "Specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart;...has attained a level of civilization never before achieved."1 It was my grandfather's fortune to be born and raised in a world in which the sacred and...

...in history . . . For the last stage of this cultural development it might be truly said: 'Specialist without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity...has attained a level of civilization never before achieved.'"21 While we may not wish to concede the totality of Weber's critical conclusion —for,...

...or there will be a great rebirth of old ideas and ideals, or, if neither, mechanized petrification, embellished with a sort of convulsive self-importance....attained a level of civilization never before achieved." Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism IF BOTH CULTURE and personality are congruent...

...civilizations. To be convinced of this, one need only read the last pages of "The Protestant Ethic": "For the last stage of this cultural development, it might...has attained a level of civilization never before achieved."9 Equally, in his political writings, Weber warned his readers about the petrified Western...

...future, or whether at the end of this tremendous development entirely new prophets will arise, or whether there will be a great rebirth of old ideas and ideals,...attained a level of civilization never before achieved." But this brings us to the world of judgments, of value and of faith. . . . —Weber, The Protestant...

...whether there will be a great rebirth of old ideas and ideals, or, if neither, mechanized petrification, embellished with a sort of convulsive self-importance....attained a level of civilization never before achieved." But this brings us to the world of judgments, of value and of faith. ... —Weber, The Protestant Ethic...

...rationalization was leading: "For of the last stage of this cultural development," he wrote, "it might truly be said: 'Specialists without spirit, sensualists without...attained a level of civilization never before achieved' " (Weber, 1958:182). In a fundamental sense, Durkheim was also driven by the perception of a widening...

...or there will be a great rebirth of old ideas and ideals, or, if neither, mechanized petrification, embellished with a sort of convulsive self-importance....has attained a level of civilization never before achieved."22 If one still needs to justify the study of Weber so many years after his death, this single...

...mechanized petrification, embellished with a sort of convulsive self-importance. For of the "last men" of this cultural development, it might well be truly...attained a level of civilization never before achieved." 44 Weber himself, it must be pointed out, is quoting, without mentioning him, Nietzsche, a writer who...