Max Weber and Postmodern Theory: Rationalization Versus Re-enchantment - Couverture souple

Gane, Nicholas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1403941165 ISBN 13 : 9781403941169

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

NICHOLAS GANE is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York, UK. His previous publications include The Future of Social Theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1403941165
• ISBN 13: 9781403941169
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204
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