Some of the things I never thought I would read

[nadinbrzezinski]

as part of the research... here I am... readying John Calvin... oy... but hey if we are to trace attitudes, yes they go to him and Erasmus and a few others...

And it was s'posed to be simply a history of labor, just them facts... damn intellectual history!

[jwirr]

1. His Protestant Work Ethic is a good one to read for his views on

work and workers. I read it and still use it occasionally against the repugs. It is also where I learned what makes to rw religions tick. His double predestination theories are also why rwers think it is okay to discriminate against the poor, sick and minorities.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Exactly

At this point I wish I knew latin to read it in the original

[Hardrada]

6. No, you need to know Deutsch.

[Hardrada]

3. Max Weber, isn't it?

[jwirr]

4. Oops! You are right Weber wrote it and talks a great deal about

Calvin. Sorry. As a sociology major I should be ashamed. But it has been many years ago.

[blindpig]

5. Calvin was a reflection of his times.

Ain't no accident that the views he expressed were congenial to the rising bourgeoisie. He was the metaphysical von Mises of his times.