Max Weber and Postmodern Theory: Rationalization Versus Re-Enchantment

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.

Author: N. Gane
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 04/09/2002
Pages: 194
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.64h x 5.44w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9781403941169

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