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| Named Person: | Ferdinand Tönnies; Georg Simmel; Max Weber |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Thesis/dissertation |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Aurélien Berlan; Catherine Colliot-Thélène; Université de Rennes 1. |
| OCLC Number: | 493872733 |
| Description: | 1 vol. (675 p.) ; 30 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Aurélien Berlan ; [sous la direction de]Catherine Colliot-Thélène. |
Abstract:
In Germany, the turn of the century (1890-1914) was marked by the developement of a " cultural criticism ". Closely related to marxist " social criticism " and partly formed against the latter, this Kulturkritik, under Nietzsche's influence, casted doubts over the idea of progress and particularly over the merits of the industrial revolution. The " fathers " of German sociology (such as Simmel and Weber, but also Tönnies, Troeltsch and Sombart) wished to play a part in this larger debate about the origins and threats of modern capitalism. Characteristic to their approach was an attempt to go beyond the traditional opposition between social criticism and cultural criticism. They did so by rooting their " historical diagnosis " in an analysis of the structural tendencies which define industrial civilization. As the Critical Theory used this very approach, we might say it is inherent to German sociology.
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- Tönnies, Ferdinand -- (1855-1936) -- Critique et interprétation -- Thèses et écrits académiques.
- Simmel, Georg -- (1858-1918) -- Critique et interprétation -- Thèses et écrits académiques.
- Weber, Max -- (1864-1920) -- Critique et interprétation -- Thèses et écrits académiques.
- Philosophie sociale -- Thèses et écrits académiques.
- Capitalisme -- Thèses et écrits académiques.
