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| Irrationality: Irrationality is the lack of reason or clear thinking. It can also refer to behavior that is not based on logic or evidence. See also Rationality, Behavior, Thinking, Cognition, Mind, Community._____________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 Irrationality - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas III 259 Irrationality/Weber/Habermas: Weber is interested in the origin of that irrational element which lies in giving oneself to professional work in a way that is incomprehensible from the standpoint of self-interest and which is characteristic of capitalist culture.(1) >Interest, >Culture, >Capitalism, >Explanation. Habermas III 260 Inner world asceticism/Weber/Habermas: of the individual in dealing with his/her own subjective nature as with the interaction partners corresponds to the blindness of obedience to God's per se irrational decision. >Interaction, >Subjectivity, >Obedience. Habermas: when the life form has irrational features, and not just a cultural peculiarity III 261 then they are actually on the same level as rationality. This contradiction can only be resolved if one can prove the merely partial, i.e. incomplete character of this historical form of ethical rationalization. >Rationality, >Rationalization. 1.M.Weber, Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Religionssoziologie, Vol. I Tübingen, 1963, p. 259._____________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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