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Question 1

Name the 4 calvinist beliefs. How did they bring about capitalism

Answer 1

Predestination, divine transcendence, asceticism and vocation

Led to them shunning all luxury as well as idleness. As they grew wealthier they saw this as a sign of God’s favour which helped to deal with Salvation panic.

The accumulation of wealth= capitalism

Question 2

Evaluation of his calvinist ideas

Answer 2

Acknowledges the role that cultural factors play in social change (unlike Marxists!)

Marxist Kautsky- overestimates the role of ideas and underestimates the roles of economic factors in bringing about capitalism