what Weber is saying,

韦伯曾说
that it is Calvinism which created capitalism.

加尔文主义创造了资本主义
Is this his view?

这是韦伯的观点吗
What is exactly his view?

韦伯的观点到底是什么呢
He is very critical of Marx.

韦伯对马克思是持批判态度的
He believes that Marx has a simplistic materialist explanation:

他认为马克思的唯物主义解释过于简化
it is consciousness which--

比如是意识
it is existence which determines consciousness,

是存在决定意识
rather than the other way around.

而不是恰恰相反
Is Weber saying the opposite?

韦伯是不是与马克思的这种观点相对立呢
It is consciousness which determines existence or capitalism.

是意识决定存在或是资本主义
And that's what The Protestant Ethic is trying to do.

这就是《新教伦理》试图要传达的