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Introduction
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 strategies of affirmation and re-enchantment. Examining the work of these three key thinkers in this way casts new light both on postmodern theory and on Weber's sociology of rationalization.
Keywords
Max Weber Michel Foucault nature religion sociology
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230502512
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2002
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection
- Print ISBN 978-1-4039-4116-9
- Online ISBN 978-0-230-50251-2
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