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The Buddenbrooks' Ethic and the Insanity of the Spirit of Capitalism: Reflections on Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks through Max Weber's Thesis on Protestantism
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Yamamuro, Nobutaka |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | where they devoted themselves to their calling in an ascetic and rational conduct of life. The family’s cereal company is basically run according to traditionalism in Weber’s sense, but Thomas enlivens the business with the spirit of modern capitalism. Eventually, however, Thomas becomes a workaholic, working for the sake of work, concerned only with how he appears to others just like an actor, and finally traps himself in his own stahlhartes Gehause (“iron cage”) of the hardened capitalistic spirit. It is thus possible to fully follow Weber’s thesis through reading Mann’s novel, not merely because between them there are some overlaps in the Protestant denominations, but also because both works consider religion at a daily practical level rather than at a dogmatically theoretical level, while the interest of both works lies not so much in the economic as the mental aspects of capitalism. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/rs/bitstream/10086/19429/14/shakaikg00305b0010.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/rs/bitstream/10086/19429/14/shakaikg00305b0010.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
