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Max Weber (1930[1920]) presented a remarkable analysis of the social effects of religious values. In this sociological canon, Weber indicated that value orientation in Protestant Christianity contributed to the formation of a “diligent” work ethic, which characterized modern Western capitalism. However, Weber went on to say that the spontaneous development of capitalism could not be found in non-Western societies for the reason that religious values imbuing economic motives for development were missing (Bellah, 1957). A typical example cited was Confucian culture in China (Weber, 1951[1920]), but Korean society was not an exception (Tu, 1991; Cha S.-H., 1992; Park S.-H., 1994).
Chapter 2 is from an article, “Confucian Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism in Korea: The Significance of Filial Piety,” Journal of EastAsican Studies, Volume 11 Number 2 (2011), pp. 171–196.
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Choi, WY., Wang, H.S. (2013). Confucian Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism in Korea: The Significance of Filial Piety. In: Lew, SC. (eds) The Korean Economic Developmental Path. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137347299_2
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