Max Weber's Concept Of Capitalism And Its Contemporary Value

Weber is one of the most famous Western sociologists besides Marx、Durkheim. All his life, his theory primary focused on exploring the relational question of the nathional culture (especially religion and culture) and the capitalism. This thesis grasps the basic idea and the theoretical positions which is based on the interpretation of his most important literature "Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism", and elaborats the Weber capitalism view, as well as the capitalism spirit’s production, the development and the capitalism’s destiny, in-depth analysis of the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism which is closely related to. Meanwhile, the author shows the theory significance in the contemporary era through Weber’s thought, combines with the reality in China, and analyzes the concept of Weber’s capitalist enlightenment on the role of China’s modernization. Finally, the thesis compares and analyses the capitalism view of Weber’s. At the same time, we should know that Weber is not actually deny the Marx’s viewpoint, he just wants to find a kind of inheritance and stand newly. Exhibit details are as follows: First, the author simple talks about the of theoretical background on the book of "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism." then along the basic principles, analyses the actual content about Weber’s "the capitalism spirit", namely the spiritual prop of the accumulation of wealth. Earning money as reasonable and legitimate is the essence of Capitalism spirit, is one kind of rationalization process. It is a kind of profits attitude which has rationality, systematic pursue profit. Then, we analyse the characteristic of the main energetic makings about Weber’s the Protestant Ethic to explain that how it becomes the constitution element of the capitalism spirit and how it stimulates a kind of energetic power facilitate the West capitalism production, and to prove the capitalism finally produce only in the West.Second, the thesis elaborats the value of the Weber’s capitalism view. Besides explain the epistemology significance of the Weber’s capitalism view, the methodology significance, the value of theory significance and the economic significance, we specially paid attention to its "the Chinese value":Namely draws support from the energetic cultural element function to achieve each individual self-perfection and self-development, its roots in the capitalism’s natural disposition, this is important to the transformation about "the nationality" for our country; Under the globalized background, attach importance to the social values, but is not the effect of individual values, it is especially urgent to China in the social transition period, as while as Weber worried about the capitalism spirit sounded the time alarm for us;To blend how take the Confucianist culture as the leading China traditional culture with the world culture, is always the subject of holding the constancy cultural in front of the Chinese. The Weber’s analysis on the China’s Confucianism and Taoism is a important foreign thought resources.Third, comparing with the Weber’s and Marx’s capitalism view, we chose the tertiary sights to analyze:At the beginning, comparing with the questions which is the Weber’s and Marx’s capitalist generating process; The second, comparing with the questions which is the Weber’s and Marx’s capitalist value assessment; then comparing with the questions which is the Weber’s and Marx’s capitalist development in the future. After the comparison, we discover that related the capitalist production, the develop power, the reality critique, as well as the manner of the social development’s in the future. There are many differences between the Weber and Marx. But we also know that there is a "embedded" relation in the capitalist understanding between them. Regarding today’s researcher, in the capitalism question’s analysis, the reasonable way will possibly be carrying on the fusion economy, the political culture and the social multi-elements, this will be more advantageous to the explanation of the capitalist real history and the future destiny.