Protestant work ethic

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The Protestant work ethic is a cultural value system, rooted in Reformation-era Protestantism, that emphasizes hard work, discipline, and frugality as signs of moral virtue and spiritual favor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural value system ⓘ
ethical concept ⓘ
religious ethic ⓘ
sociological concept ⓘ
analyzedInWork The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ⓘ
associatedWithConcept asceticism ⓘ
inner-worldly asceticism ⓘ
rationalization ⓘ
spirit of capitalism ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
contrastedWith Catholic work ethic ⓘ
traditionalism ⓘ
critiquedBy Karl Marx ⓘ
R. H. Tawney ⓘ
contemporary sociologists ⓘ
developedInRegion England ⓘ
German-speaking Europe ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
discourages extravagance ⓘ
hedonism ⓘ
idleness ⓘ
wastefulness ⓘ
emergedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
emphasizes discipline ⓘ
frugality ⓘ
hard work ⓘ
punctuality ⓘ
self-denial ⓘ
sobriety ⓘ
thrift ⓘ
hasAspect individual responsibility for success ⓘ
link between piety and productivity ⓘ
moral justification of profit-seeking ⓘ
hasOriginIn Protestantism ⓘ
Reformation ⓘ
influenced American cultural values ⓘ
attitudes toward poverty ⓘ
development of modern capitalism ⓘ
economic culture of North America ⓘ
ideas of social mobility ⓘ
industrialization in Western Europe ⓘ
influencedByThinker John Calvin ⓘ
Martin Luther ⓘ
influences entrepreneurial behavior ⓘ
labor discipline ⓘ
time management norms ⓘ
interpretsAsSignOfGrace material prosperity ⓘ
worldly success ⓘ
linkedToDoctrine calling ⓘ
predestination ⓘ
vocation ⓘ
popularizedBy Max Weber ⓘ
viewsAsVirtue diligence ⓘ
economic success ⓘ
industry ⓘ

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Puritanism → hasEthic → Protestant work ethic ⓘ
Protestant work ethic → analyzedInWork → The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ⓘ
linked to: Protestant work ethic
American Dream → influencedBy → Protestant work ethic ⓘ
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism → mainTopic → Protestant ethic ⓘ
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Economy and Society → influencedBy → Protestant ethic thesis ⓘ
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Adam Patch → symbolizes → Protestant work ethic ⓘ
Minden-Ravensberg region → hasCulturalTradition → Protestant work ethic ⓘ
John Ploughman's Talk → influencedBy → Protestant work ethic ⓘ
The Problem → topic → Protestant ethic ⓘ
linked to: Protestant work ethic
The Religious Foundations of Worldly Asceticism → mainTopic → Protestant ethic ⓘ
linked to: Protestant work ethic
WASP elite → associatedConcept → Protestant work ethic ⓘ
Le Droit à la paresse → criticizes → Protestant work ethic ⓘ