Abstract: Max Weber first proposed the concept of "spirit of capitalism" in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and emphasized that the capitalist spirit born in Protestant ethics is an important force to promote the development of rational capitalist production.In fact,the spirit of capitalism is only a continuation of the alienation of realistic production in concept.It is based on the premise of rational capitalist material production,and is rooted in the realistic capitalist production logic.Due to the limitations of the analytical paradigms of class,value and "ideal type",Max Weber failed to detect the pseudo-morality of the premise,concrete manifestation,internal essence and historical role of capitalist spirit.It is of great theoretical and practical significance to look into the pseudo-morality of the spirit of capitalism for the profound understanding of the proletarian revolutionary thought and the great struggle with many new historical characteristics.

Key words: Max Weber;spirit of capitalism, pseudo-morality;The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism