Abstract
In a way, we can say that all Weber's work is dominated by the question of the origins of capitalism: Why capitalism was born, and how it eventually emerged not only as a dominant mode or exclusive economic behavior but even more broadly as a cultural model marking all spheres of social life, both spiritual and material, in modern Europe? The question posed and solved, however, according to a specific conceptual, it will remind me, to ensure the originality of his contribution and also circumscribes the limits. Moreover, precisely because this issue is central for him, he has continued to return to it throughout his work, from numerous angles of attack, but these different approaches are consistent if not always perfectly consistent among themselves. The following presentation does not therefore claim to be comprehensive. It is limited to only those aspects of Weber's elaborations that have made history and debate, inspiring research as well as criticism, focusing particularly on the work of Weber that has the most ink spilled: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
