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

Franco Ferrarotti

Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2011, issue 4, 11-34

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2011
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