La razionalità weberiana come schema interpretativo: processi di razionalizzazione e dinamiche contemporanee
This paper addresses the concepts of rationality and rationalization in Max Weber. Drawing on the main analyses of Weber’s works carried out from the Seventies of the XX century, the purpose of the paper is to conceptualize a nuanced understanding of rationality as a result of manifold processes of...
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| description | This paper addresses the concepts of rationality and rationalization in Max Weber. Drawing on the main analyses of Weber’s works carried out from the Seventies of the XX century, the purpose of the paper is to conceptualize a nuanced understanding of rationality as a result of manifold processes of rationalization in order to identify useful points that help to deepen better contemporary issues. In particular, the origins and criticalities of the process of rationalization will be addressed to define rationality as a multifaceted concept. Western rationality does not represent neither the only extant rationality nor the “one best way” of modernization; rather, it is just one of the different forms of rationality, resulting from complex and contradictory processes of objectification. Drawing on the idea of Weber’s rationalization as an interpretive scheme, it is possible to better understand two social specific dynamics: the co-existence of multiple forms of modernity; the limitations of modern science during the Covid-19 emergency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8be1d2d630f4476d80810b99e0b20eae2022-12-21T21:14:52ZengFirenze University PressCambio2239-11182021-04-01102010.13128/cambio-9852La razionalità weberiana come schema interpretativo: processi di razionalizzazione e dinamiche contemporaneeFederico Sofritti0Università Politecnica delle MarcheThis paper addresses the concepts of rationality and rationalization in Max Weber. Drawing on the main analyses of Weber’s works carried out from the Seventies of the XX century, the purpose of the paper is to conceptualize a nuanced understanding of rationality as a result of manifold processes of rationalization in order to identify useful points that help to deepen better contemporary issues. In particular, the origins and criticalities of the process of rationalization will be addressed to define rationality as a multifaceted concept. Western rationality does not represent neither the only extant rationality nor the “one best way” of modernization; rather, it is just one of the different forms of rationality, resulting from complex and contradictory processes of objectification. Drawing on the idea of Weber’s rationalization as an interpretive scheme, it is possible to better understand two social specific dynamics: the co-existence of multiple forms of modernity; the limitations of modern science during the Covid-19 emergency.https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/cambio/article/view/9852Max WeberrationalizationWestern rationalitymultiple modernitiesmodern science |
| spellingShingle | Federico Sofritti La razionalità weberiana come schema interpretativo: processi di razionalizzazione e dinamiche contemporanee Cambio Max Weber rationalization Western rationality multiple modernities modern science |
| title | La razionalità weberiana come schema interpretativo: processi di razionalizzazione e dinamiche contemporanee |
| title_full | La razionalità weberiana come schema interpretativo: processi di razionalizzazione e dinamiche contemporanee |
| title_fullStr | La razionalità weberiana come schema interpretativo: processi di razionalizzazione e dinamiche contemporanee |
| title_full_unstemmed | La razionalità weberiana come schema interpretativo: processi di razionalizzazione e dinamiche contemporanee |
| title_short | La razionalità weberiana come schema interpretativo: processi di razionalizzazione e dinamiche contemporanee |
| title_sort | la razionalita weberiana come schema interpretativo processi di razionalizzazione e dinamiche contemporanee |
| topic | Max Weber rationalization Western rationality multiple modernities modern science |
| url | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/cambio/article/view/9852 |
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