TY  - JOUR
TI  - Max Weber's theory of rationalization
T2  - The Russian Sociological Review
IS  - The Russian Sociological Review
KW  - Max Weber
KW  - disenchantment of religious worldviews
KW  - occidental rationalism
KW  - societal modernization
KW  - protestant ethics
KW  - capitalistic economy
KW  - modern state
KW  - formal law
KW  - purposive rationality
AB  - The paper is a translation of the first part of the second chapter of the 1st volume of "Theory of Communicative Action" (1981) by J. Habermas, where author undertakes a critical revision of M. Weber's theory of rationalization. Taking Weber's works on the sociology of religion as starting point, Habermas makes a systematic reconstruction of the concept of rationality with which Weber describes basic features of occidental rationalism, and shows contradictions inherent in Weber's theory of rationalization. For Habermas, these contradictions are caused, first, by too narrow conceptualization by Weber of the theory of action (based on the idea of purposive rationality) and, second, by confusion of the theory of action and of the system theory.
AU  - Jürgen Habermas
UR  - https://sociologica.hse.ru/en/2009-8-3/28144258.html
PY  - 2009
SP  - 37-60
VL  - 8