Max Weber and Postmodern Theory: Rationalization Versus Re-Enchantment

by Nicholas Gane

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This book explores the contemporary nature of Max Weber's work by looking in detail at his key concepts of rationalization and disenchantment. Thematic parallels are drawn between Weber's rationalization thesis and the critiques of contemporary culture developed by Jean-Francois Lyotard, Michel Foucault and Jean Baudrillard. It is suggested that these three 'postmoden' thinkers develop and respond to Weber's analysis of modernity by pursuing radical...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1403941165

ISBN13:9781403941169

Release Date:April 2002

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:194 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.4" x 7.6"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Criticism & Theory Cultural History & Criticism Humanities Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Philosophy Political History Political Science Politics & Government

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