Max Weber and Postmodern Theory Rationalization Versus Re-Enchantment

Name: Max Weber and Postmodern Theory Rationalization Versus Re-Enchantment
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ISBN: 9781403941169

ISBN-10: 1403941165

ISBN-13: 9781403941169

Edition: 2002

Authors: Nicholas Gane

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This study explores thematic parallels between Max Weber's theory of the rationalisation and disenchantment of the modern work and the critiques of contemporary culture developed by Lyotard, Foucault and Baudrillard.

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 4/9/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 194
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Introduction * PART I: MAX WEBER'S THEORY AND CRITIQUE OF RATIONALIZATION * Rationalization and Disenchantment, I: From the Origins of Religion to the Death of God * Rationalization and Disenchantment, II: The Differentiation and De-differentiation of Modern Culture * The Value of Instrumental Reason: 'Science as a Vocation' * The Ethical Irrationality of the World: 'Politics as a Vocation' * PART II: WEBER AND POSTMODERN THEORY: LYOTARD, FOUCAULT AND BAUDRILLARD * Intermediate Reflection * Weber, Lyotard and the Aesthetic Sphere * Weber, Foucault and the Political Sphere * Weber, Baudrillard and the Erotic Sphere * Conclusion * Notes * Bibliography