1st Edition
Max Weber's Theory of Modernity The Endless Pursuit of Meaning
By Michael Symonds
Copyright 2015
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book illuminates an important dimension of the work of Max Weber. Weber’s theory of meaning and modernity is articulated through an understanding of his account of the way in which the pursuit of meaning in the modern world has been shaped by the loss of Western religion and how such pursuit gives sense to the phenomena of human suffering and death. Through a close, scholarly reading of... Read more
Max Weber's Theory of Modernity
Biography
Michael Symonds is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is the co-author of Home/World: Space, Community and Marginality in Sydney's West.
’Writers become classics because their work invites continual, fresh interpretation. Michael Symonds’ stimulating new book on Max Weber does just that. His careful study of the role of fate, paradox and brotherliness clarifies important dimensions of Weber’s work. Even more, Symonds illuminates the conflicted nature of human beings faced with dilemmas lodged deep within the texture of modernity and the human heart itself.’ Peter Baehr, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
