In his Ancient Judaism M. Weber set out to explain the ethics precursive to the protestant ethic which might be found within Ancient Judaism. Besides the hostility to magic, or disenchantment of the magical view, these include: a collective religious ...
In his Ancient Judaism M. Weber set out to explain the ethics precursive to the protestant ethic which might be found within Ancient Judaism. Besides the hostility to magic, or disenchantment of the magical view, these include: a collective religious discipline; a "frozen" eschatology; and the need to create or establish one's personal identity as an heir to the devine blessings. In contrast to the Protestant ethic, however, which is responsible for the development of the modern industrial capitalism Ancient Judaism formed a basis for the development of paria-capitalism which is sharply differentiated from the modern industrial capitalism because of the ethical dualism of the paria-people.