![]() ![]() In contrast, Catholicism was a religion which encouraged more conservative values and thus was resistant to such changes. This (unintentionally, and over many years) encouraged Protestants to adopt a more ‘individualistic’ attitude to their religion by seeking their own interpretations of Christianity. Protestantism taught that silent reflection, introspection and prayer were the best ways to find God. ![]() Protestantism encouraged people to ‘find God for themselves’. Weber theorized that the different value systems of the two religions had different effects: the values of Protestantism encouraged ways of acting which (unintentionally) resulted in capitalism emerging, over a period of many decades, even centuries. He asked himself the question: ‘why did Capitalism develop in these two countries first?’ Protestant Individualism and the Emergence of Capitalismīased on historical observation and analysis, Weber theorized this was because these were the only two countries in which Protestantism was the predominant religion, rather than Catholicism, which was the formal religion of every other European country. ![]() Weber observed that Capitalism first took* off in Holland and England, in the mid 17th century. ![]() Weber argued that the values of the protestant religion led to the emergence of Capitalism in Western Europe around the 17th century. Max Weber: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Revision Notes) ![]()
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