Bismarck’s Orphan
The Modern World and Its Destiny, from “Disenchantment” to the “Steel Cage”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11625368 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Franco Ferrarotti (0000-0003-4964-5371, Prof. Emeritus of La Sapienza University, Italy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Pages | 11-34 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Academicus International Scientific Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2079-3715 • E-ISSN: 2309-1088 |
| Publisher | Academicus (PUBLISHER • AL) |
| DOI | 10.7336/academicus.2011.04.01 |
| OpenAlex | W2171461111 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
The major contribution of Max Weber, according to the author, is to be seen in the concept of the “modern world” and its destiny as a society based on rational calculation. Such modern rationality is technically equipped and formal from a logical point of view. It provides a link between desired social goals and available resources to reach them. It is also a challenge for the decision-making power groups, unable to face the consequences of such rationality that begins as a liberation from traditional values and ends up in some sort of “steel cage”. Weber does not seem capable of suggesting a way out of this social and political contradiction
Contradiction · Destiny (ISS module · Disenchantment · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Rationality · Social science · Sociology · Underdevelopment · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |