Max Weber’s rationalization processes disenchantment, alienation, or anomie?

Etzrodt, Christian

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-024-09554-7

Max Weber’s rationalization processes disenchantment, alienation, or anomie?

Etzrodt, Christian

Theory and Society, 2024, 53, 653-671

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タイトル	Max Weber’s rationalization processes disenchantment, alienation, or anomie?
著者	researchmap permalink 7000013493 7000013493 Scopus Author ID 22957008000 22957008000 著者名 Etzrodt, Christian
キーワード等	Alienation
	Anomie
	Disenchantment
	Max Weber
	Rationalization process
	Secularization
内容	The version of record of this article, first published in Theory and Society, is available online at Publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-024-09554-7.
抄録	The aim of this paper is to analyze which concept describes the central theme in Max Weber’s works — the rationalization processes — best: disenchantment, alienation, or anomie. I first describe how Weber’s rationalization processes were understood in the past. Most scholars have interpreted these processes as disenchantment, although some have seen a stronger affinity to the Marxist concept of alienation. Since the majority have regarded disenchantment as the central theme of Weber’s legacy, I discuss Weber’s rare statements about the disenchantment process, most of which appear in a speech that was published later as Science as a Vocation. I then introduce definitions of key concepts (Hegelian alienation, Marxist alienation, Durkheimian anomie, and de-magification) to provide a more varied and precise vocabulary. This will aid in describing at least two different rationalization processes that can be derived from Weber’s theoretical framework (Economy and Society) and his historical studies. The first, in the economic and political sphere, can be characterized as Marxist alienation, whereas the second, in the religious sphere, can be interpreted as de-magification and Hegelian alienation. It is possible to regard Weber’s statement in Science as a Vocation as a third rationalization process, in the sphere of knowledge production, which would suggest the concepts of de-magification and anomie. However, such a reading would seem to contradict the greater body of Weber’s methodological writings. Finally, it is concluded that the term disenchantment is not a very useful concept for portraying Weber’s intended view.
出版者	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
収録物名	Theory and Society
巻(号)	53
ページ	653-671
刊行年月	2024-05-07
言語	英語
ハンドルURL	https://hdl.handle.net/11094/96466
PISSN	03042421
eISSN	15737853
関連情報 (isIdenticalTo)	DOI (出版社版) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-024-09554-7
アクセス権	open access
権利情報	This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
出版タイプ	Version of Record
カテゴリ	学術雑誌論文 Journal Article

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DCTERMS.bibliographicCitation	Theory and Society. 2024, 53, p. 653-671
DC.title	Max Weber’s rationalization processes disenchantment, alienation, or anomie?
DC.creator	Etzrodt, Christian
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DC.subject	Alienation
	Anomie
	Disenchantment
	Max Weber
	Rationalization process
	Secularization
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DCTERMS.abstract	The aim of this paper is to analyze which concept describes the central theme in Max Weber’s works — the rationalization processes — best: disenchantment, alienation, or anomie. I first describe how Weber’s rationalization processes were understood in the past. Most scholars have interpreted these processes as disenchantment, although some have seen a stronger affinity to the Marxist concept of alienation. Since the majority have regarded disenchantment as the central theme of Weber’s legacy, I discuss Weber’s rare statements about the disenchantment process, most of which appear in a speech that was published later as Science as a Vocation. I then introduce definitions of key concepts (Hegelian alienation, Marxist alienation, Durkheimian anomie, and de-magification) to provide a more varied and precise vocabulary. This will aid in describing at least two different rationalization processes that can be derived from Weber’s theoretical framework (Economy and Society) and his historical studies. The first, in the economic and political sphere, can be characterized as Marxist alienation, whereas the second, in the religious sphere, can be interpreted as de-magification and Hegelian alienation. It is possible to regard Weber’s statement in Science as a Vocation as a third rationalization process, in the sphere of knowledge production, which would suggest the concepts of de-magification and anomie. However, such a reading would seem to contradict the greater body of Weber’s methodological writings. Finally, it is concluded that the term disenchantment is not a very useful concept for portraying Weber’s intended view.
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