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Bismarck�s Orphan: The Modern World and Its Destiny, from �Disenchantment� to the �Steel Cage�

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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.

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  • Franco Ferrarotti, 2011. "Bismarck�s Orphan: The Modern World and Its Destiny, from �Disenchantment� to the �Steel Cage�," Academicus International Scientific Journal, Entrepreneurship Training Center Albania, issue 4, pages 11-34, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:etc:journl:y:2011:i:4:p:11-34
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    1. Franco Ferrarotti, 2010. "On the way to �Creative Empathy�: the concept of truth as a social community enterprise in G. B. Vico�s �New Science�," Academicus International Scientific Journal, Entrepreneurship Training Center Albania, issue 2, pages 10-25, July.
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