The Destiny of Modern Societies: The Calvinist Predestination of a New Society (Studies in Critical Social Sciences #14) (Hardcover)

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This book is a sociological analysis of the relationship between modern society, in particular America, and Calvinism in the Weberian tradition. While the book continues this tradition, it further expands, elaborates on, and goes beyond earlier sociological analyses. The book examines the impact of Calvinism on modern society as a whole, thus extending, elaborating on, and going beyond the previous analyses of the influence of the Calvinist religion only on the capitalist economy. It analyzes how Calvinism has determined most contemporary social institutions, including political, civic, cultural, and economic, in its respective societies, particularly, through its derivative Puritanism, America. For that purpose, the book applies the idea of the destiny of societies or nations to American society in particular. It argues, demonstrates, and illustrates the Calvinist societal "predestination", through the Puritan determination, of American society .

About the Author


Milan Zafirovski, Ph.D. (1990) in Economics, University of Saint Cyril and Methodius, Macedonia, Ph.D. (1999) in Sociology, Florida International University, is Associate Professor of Sociology at University of North Texas. He has published several books, including Liberal Modernity and its Adversaries (Brill, 2007), and The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Authoritarianism (Springer, 2007).


Product Details
ISBN: 9789004176294
ISBN-10: 9004176292
Publisher: Brill
Publication Date: June 17th, 2009
Pages: 621
Language: English
Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences