The postmodern significance of Max Weber's legacy : disenchanting disenchantment

One of Max Weber's contemporaries described him as "a child of the Enlightenment born too late" whose work is a "vitriolic attack on religion." Subsequent Weber scholarship has largely affirmed this valuation of Weber and characterized his scholarship as a manifestation of the very disenchantment that Weber describes. In The Postmodern Significance of Max Weber's Legacy, Basit Koshul challenges this idea by showing Weber to be a postmodern thinker far ahead of his time. Koshul's reading demonstrates that Weber implicitly bridged the religion vs. science divide and offers us new directions in Weber scholarship. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Abbreviations of Weber’s Works......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 The Chapters in Brief......Page 15 1 The Disenchantment of the World and the Religion vs. Science Divide: An Enlightenment Reading of Weber......Page 22 1.1 Disenchantment as the Fate of Our Times......Page 24 1.2 The Effects of Disenchantment on Practical Rationalization......Page 30 1.3 The Effects of Disenchantment on Theoretical Rationalization......Page 41 1.4 Religion and Science in Disenchanted Times: An Interpretation of Weber......Page 47 2 Beyond the Enlightenment: Weber on the Irreducible Relationship Between Faith and Science......Page 54 2.1 The Faith Dimension of Science......Page 56 2.2 The Empirical Dimension of Faith......Page 62 2.3 Weber the Person on Religion and Science......Page 69 3 The Value of Science in a Disenchanted Age: Bridging the Fact/Value Dichotomy......Page 78 3.1 Science: A Uniquely Modern Way of Knowing......Page 80 3.2 Practical Rationalization and the Value of Science......Page 85 3.3 Theoretical Rationalization and the Value of Science......Page 89 3.4 Meaning and Knowledge: Bridging the Fact/Value Dichotomy......Page 93 4 The Constitutive Components of Scientific Inquiry: Bridging the Subject/Object Dichotomy......Page 102 4.1 The Methodenstreit: The Issues and Parties......Page 103 4.2 A Logical Flaw in the Methodenstreit......Page 109 4.3 Imputation and Ideal Type: Bridging the Subject/Object Dichotomy......Page 118 5 Disenchanting Disenchantment: Bridging the Science/Religion Dichotomy......Page 132 5.1 The Relational Character of Weber's Methodology: Some Recent Valuations......Page 136 5.2 Two Possibilities of Progress: Disenchantment and Self-Awareness......Page 142 5.3 The "Progress" of Weber Scholarship: From Disenchantment to Self-Awareness......Page 147 5.4 Weber and the Disenchanting of Disenchantment......Page 150 Endnotes......Page 166 Bibliography......Page 182 Name Index......Page 186 M......Page 188 W......Page 189 One Of Weber's Contemporaries Described Him As A Child Of The Enlightenment Born Too Late Whose Work Is A Vitriolic Attack On Religion. Subsequent Weber Scholarship Has Largely Affirmed This Valuation Of Weber And Characterized His Scholarship As A Manifestation Of The Very Disenchantment That Weber Describes. Basit Bilal Koshul's Study Challenges This Valuation By Showing Weber To Be A Postmodern Thinker Far Ahead Of His Time. Weber's Work Rejects The Disenchanting Dualisms Of Fact Vs. Value And Subject Vs. Object That Are At The Heart Of The Enlightenment Paradigm. Koshul's Reading Demonstrates That Weber Explicitly Bridges The Fact Vs. Value, Subject Vs. Object Dichotomies And Implicitly Bridges The Religion Vs. Science Divide. On All Three Counts Weber's Work Takes The Essential Steps For Disenchanting Disenchantment And Opening Up New Horizons Of Post-disenchantment Cultural Possibilities - Steps That Still Remain On The Misty Horizon Of Social Scientific Thought And Theory In The 21st Century.--book Jacket. The Disenchantment Of The World And The Religion Vs. Science Divide : An Enlightenment Reading Of Weber -- Beyond The Enlightenment : Weber On The Irreducible Relationship Between Faith And Science -- The Value Of Science In A Disenchanted Age : Bridging The Fact/value Dichotomy -- The Constitutive Components Of Scientific Inquiry : Bridging The Subject/object Dichotomy -- Disenchanting Disenchantment : Bridging The Science/religion Dichotomy. By Basit Bilal Koshul. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [169]-172) And Indexes.