Vittorio Cotesta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3855422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vittorio Cotesta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vittorio |
| FAMILY NAME | Cotesta |
| SIGNATURE | COTESTA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Roma Tre University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3749-1205 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Max Weber on China and capitalism
In the first part of the chapter, the author takes up Weber’s Thesis and analyses its origin. When it was formulated, Confucianism was still considered responsible for China’s backwardness. Now the judgement on Confucianism has completely changed: it is considered a dynamic system of value and the basis of Chinese civilization. What about Weber’s Thesis in these conditions? The second part analyses the method adopted by Max Weber in answering the…
The Heavens and the Earth
Vittorio Cotesta’s The Heavens and the Earth traces the origin of the images of the world typical of the Graeco-Roman, Ancient Chinese and Medieval Islamic civilisations. Each of them had its own peculiar way of understanding the universe, life, death, society, power, humanity and its destiny. The comparative analysis carried out here suggests that they all shared a common human aspiration despite their differences: human being is unique; differe…
La terza età assiale. Alcune considerazioni sulla nuova forma del mondo
.
The New Shape of the World
Preyer and Krausse’s Sociology on Next Society proposes a new perspective on interpreting the global society of the future. In these Notes, the author discusses some of the key points of the volume. The paradigm shift in the sciences is often introduced by the creation of a new language, a new view of the relationship between words and things. The question is whether this semantic and epistemological feature also characterizes the approach propos…
La norma e il desiderio. Etica, arte, erotismo e amore nella vita e nell’opera di Max Weber
This article explores the relation between life, illness and work in Max Weber. It highlights the conflicts in Weber’s family, the causes of his nervous illness, the intimate relations with his cousin Emmy Baumgarten, his mother Helene Fallenstein, his wife Marianne Schnitger, his lovers Mina Tobler and Else von Richthofen. The Weberian critique say that the causes of the family conflict are in the oedipal relation between Max Weber and his fathe…
Qualche lezione dal coronavirus
.
Civilizations for Global Society
The fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union created an effect comparable to culture shock in worldwide public opinion. These events were interpreted as an epochal change: a political revolution that opened a new era of human history. In the 1990s, various theories of global society were proposed. These theories also open news paths for social and political analysis. Viewed with unprejudiced eyes, history does not seem to hav…
The Axial Age and Modernity
Classical Sociology and the First World War
The war writings of the founding fathers of modern sociology in France (Durkheim) and Germany (Weber, Simmel, Scheler) on the one hand show the legitimization of the geopolitical situation of each country; on the other, they highlight the image of the relationship between individuals (the combatants) and their country. This article considers some lesser‐known writings by Weber to highlight his will (which was frustrated) to take part in the war a…
Kings into Gods
One might be surprised, astonished or indignant seeing men and women prostrating themselves in front of other men and other women. Or one might feel it is right to bow down before God, Allah, the saints, the Holy Virgin or the gods. Kings into Gods: How Prostration Shaped Eurasian Civilizations investigates the reasons why men prostrate themselves before deities or before powerful men. Through an in-depth historical and cultural analysis, this bo…
Kings Into Gods
One might be surprised, astonished or indignant seeing men and women prostrating themselves in front of other men and other women. Or one might feel it is right to bow down before God, Allah, the saints, the Holy Virgin or the gods. Kings into Gods: How Prostration Shaped Eurasian Civilizations investigates the reasons why men prostrate themselves before deities or before powerful men. Through an in-depth historical and cultural analysis, this bo…
Modernità e capitalismo
Three Critics of Weber's Thesis of the Uniqueness of the West
The paper offers a new discussion of Max Weber's theory on modernity. It is based mainly on the Weber's Collected Essays on the Sociology of Religion. The main thesis of the author is: (a) it is not possible to support the Calvinist thesis and its role in the genesis of capitalism; (b) the methodology of different rationalizations proposed and utilised by Max Weber in his essays on the sociology of religions is valid and offers a very good exampl…
Three Critics of Weber’s Thesis of the Uniqueness of the West
From nation-state to global society
This paper discusses the strong criticism by Elias against the nation-state paradigm in sociology. Elias pointed his attention on sociologists of the twentieth century but particularly criticizes the analytical model of Parsons (AGIL), which seems to him an abstract combinatory of variables (pattern variables) without any references in social contexts. The sociology in the twentieth century is an apologetic of nation-state and, in Parsons, of the…
Classical Sociology and the First World War
The war writings of the founding fathers of modern sociology in France (Durkheim) and Germany (Weber, Simmel, Scheler) on the one hand show the legitimization of the geopolitical situation of each country; on the other, they highlight the image of the relationship between individuals (the combatants) and their country. This article considers some lesser‐known writings by Weber to highlight his will (which was frustrated) to take part in the war a…
Civilizations for Global Society
The fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union created an effect comparable to culture shock in worldwide public opinion. These events were interpreted as an epochal change: a political revolution that opened a new era of human history. In the 1990s, various theories of global society were proposed. These theories also open news paths for social and political analysis. Viewed with unprejudiced eyes, history does not seem to hav…
From nation-state to global society
This paper discusses the strong criticism by Elias against the nation-state paradigm in sociology. Elias pointed his attention on sociologists of the twentieth century but particularly criticizes the analytical model of Parsons (AGIL), which seems to him an abstract combinatory of variables (pattern variables) without any references in social contexts. The sociology in the twentieth century is an apologetic of nation-state and, in Parsons, of the…
Three Critics of Weber's Thesis of the Uniqueness of the West
The paper offers a new discussion of Max Weber's theory on modernity. It is based mainly on the Weber's Collected Essays on the Sociology of Religion. The main thesis of the author is: (a) it is not possible to support the Calvinist thesis and its role in the genesis of capitalism; (b) the methodology of different rationalizations proposed and utilised by Max Weber in his essays on the sociology of religions is valid and offers a very good exampl…
Three Critics of Weber’s Thesis of the Uniqueness of the West
Kings into Gods
One might be surprised, astonished or indignant seeing men and women prostrating themselves in front of other men and other women. Or one might feel it is right to bow down before God, Allah, the saints, the Holy Virgin or the gods. Kings into Gods: How Prostration Shaped Eurasian Civilizations investigates the reasons why men prostrate themselves before deities or before powerful men. Through an in-depth historical and cultural analysis, this bo…
Kings Into Gods
One might be surprised, astonished or indignant seeing men and women prostrating themselves in front of other men and other women. Or one might feel it is right to bow down before God, Allah, the saints, the Holy Virgin or the gods. Kings into Gods: How Prostration Shaped Eurasian Civilizations investigates the reasons why men prostrate themselves before deities or before powerful men. Through an in-depth historical and cultural analysis, this bo…
Modernità e capitalismo
The Axial Age and Modernity
Classical Sociology and the First World War
The war writings of the founding fathers of modern sociology in France (Durkheim) and Germany (Weber, Simmel, Scheler) on the one hand show the legitimization of the geopolitical situation of each country; on the other, they highlight the image of the relationship between individuals (the combatants) and their country. This article considers some lesser‐known writings by Weber to highlight his will (which was frustrated) to take part in the war a…
Civilizations for Global Society
The fall of the Berlin Wall and the implosion of the Soviet Union created an effect comparable to culture shock in worldwide public opinion. These events were interpreted as an epochal change: a political revolution that opened a new era of human history. In the 1990s, various theories of global society were proposed. These theories also open news paths for social and political analysis. Viewed with unprejudiced eyes, history does not seem to hav…
La norma e il desiderio. Etica, arte, erotismo e amore nella vita e nell’opera di Max Weber
This article explores the relation between life, illness and work in Max Weber. It highlights the conflicts in Weber’s family, the causes of his nervous illness, the intimate relations with his cousin Emmy Baumgarten, his mother Helene Fallenstein, his wife Marianne Schnitger, his lovers Mina Tobler and Else von Richthofen. The Weberian critique say that the causes of the family conflict are in the oedipal relation between Max Weber and his fathe…
Qualche lezione dal coronavirus
.
The Heavens and the Earth
Vittorio Cotesta’s The Heavens and the Earth traces the origin of the images of the world typical of the Graeco-Roman, Ancient Chinese and Medieval Islamic civilisations. Each of them had its own peculiar way of understanding the universe, life, death, society, power, humanity and its destiny. The comparative analysis carried out here suggests that they all shared a common human aspiration despite their differences: human being is unique; differe…
La terza età assiale. Alcune considerazioni sulla nuova forma del mondo
.
The New Shape of the World
Preyer and Krausse’s Sociology on Next Society proposes a new perspective on interpreting the global society of the future. In these Notes, the author discusses some of the key points of the volume. The paradigm shift in the sciences is often introduced by the creation of a new language, a new view of the relationship between words and things. The question is whether this semantic and epistemological feature also characterizes the approach propos…
Max Weber on China and capitalism
In the first part of the chapter, the author takes up Weber’s Thesis and analyses its origin. When it was formulated, Confucianism was still considered responsible for China’s backwardness. Now the judgement on Confucianism has completely changed: it is considered a dynamic system of value and the basis of Chinese civilization. What about Weber’s Thesis in these conditions? The second part analyses the method adopted by Max Weber in answering the…
Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Civilization (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works)