Rationalization versus Re-enchantment Gane, Nicholas creator text New York Palgrave 2024 monographic eng

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ix, 194p. This book explores thematic parallels between Max Weber's theory of the rationalization and disenchantment of the modern world 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 and his theory of the crisis of modernity. It also specifies the nature of transgressive critiques of modern culture and their strengths and weaknesses. Max Weber Max Weber's Theory Rationalization Post Modernism 306 GAN/M 9781349960910 (HB) 250920 20250920120926.0