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Max Weber: Max Weber (1864-1920) was a German sociologist and philosopher who influenced social theory and the development of modern sociology. His works, including "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," explored connections between culture, religion, and economics, shaping understandings of bureaucracy, authority, and rationalization in society. See also Bureaucracy, Ethics of conviction, Rationality, Protestant ethics.
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Jürgen Habermas on Weber - Dictionary of Arguments

III 207
Weber/Habermas: HabermasVsWeber: the following inconsistency is instructive: Weber analyses the process of disenchantment in the history of religion, which should fulfil the necessary internal conditions for the appearance of occidental rationalism, with the help of a complex
but largely unclear concept of rationality;...
III 208
...on the other hand, in his analysis of social rationalization, as it prevails in modernity, he is guided by the limited idea of purpose-rationality. >Rationalization/Weber
, >Procedural rationality, >Western rationalism.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Ha I
J. Habermas
Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988

Ha III
Jürgen Habermas
Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981

Ha IV
Jürgen Habermas
Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981


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