Modern (secularized) capitalism is what is left after the spirit is gone. Metaphor the "iron cage"/"shell as hard as steel"
- we work out of habit and not out of a moral calling or duty
- we are trapped in a greedy, materialist, rationalized world without freedom and personality
Meaningless pursuit of material wealth and efficiency
Psychological origins of Calivin's worldly asceticism
due to predestination and not knowing if one was part of the elect
Calvinist lived their lives as if "they were of the elect"
by acting this way, others would also perceive that they were part of the elect
Social affinity - birth of capitalism
the protestant reformation was executed by Martin Luther, that created a social reaction toward man's relation with God that evolved into how man lived his life for God's glory in an ascetic manner