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MAX WEBER AND POSTMODERN THEORY IBD

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06 / 2002
9780333930588
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Sinopsis

This book explores thematic parallels between Max Weber?s theory of the rationalisation and disenchantment of the modern world, and the critiques of contemporary culture developed by Lyotard, Foucault and Baudrillard. It is suggested that these three theorists, associated with poststructuralism and postmodernism, respond to Weber?s account of the rise, nature, and trajectory of modern culture by pursuing highly imaginative and coherent strategies of affirmation and re-enchantment. Examining the work of these three key thinkers in this way casts new light on Weber?s sociology of rationalisation and his theory of the crisis of modernity.