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| Worldview: Worldviews, according to Max Weber, are "coherent sets of values" that provide "answers to the broader questions of meaning, purpose, suffering, and injustice." They provide individuals with a sense of direction, organization, and unity in life. Weber distinguished worldviews from other collections of beliefs and values in two ways analytically, their coherence and comprehensiveness distinguish them from organizational cultures or ideologies, and to the degree that they form a system of rationalized beliefs and claims, they are distinct from myths or cosmologies. See also M. Weber._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Max Weber on Worldview - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas III 272 World Views/Weber/Habermas: there are internal and external factors for the development of world education. There is an interplay of ideas and interests both at the level of culture and society. >Interest/Weber. In doing so, connections of validity and effect must be separated. >Validity, >Validity claims, >Ideas, >Interest. Habermas 275 Development of world views/Weber/Habermas: Questions: - What are the conflicts that overstrain the structurally limited capacity of interpretation of an existing world view? - In which socio-structural conflict situations does the theodicy problem typically arise? >Conflicts, >Theodicy. - Who are the social carriers of the charismatic implementation or rationalization of a new world view? Habermas III 276 - In which layers is a new view of the world received and in which sectors is it effective? - To what extent do new worldviews need to be institutionalized to enable legitimate orders? - How do the interests of the supporting layers control the selection of world view contents? Habermas: Weber limits his analysis of the rationalization of worldviews to the point of view of ethization and leaves out the field of science and art. Habermas III 277 Weber thesis: (according to Habermas): the rationalization of worldviews is a process, - which is taking place in the same direction in all world religions - which is radically finished for external reasons only on one tradition line - so that in the West it releases the structures of consciousness that enable a modern understanding of the world._____________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. |
Weber I M. Weber The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism - engl. trnsl. 1930 German Edition: Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus München 2013 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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