Renunciation, Dominion, Clarity: On Wissenschaft als Beruf, Starting from (and Returning to) Max Horkheimer’s Criticism of Max Weber Abstract: The essay examines the thesis set forth by Horkheimer in Eclipse of Reason, according to which Max Weber’s lecture Wissenschaft als Beruf documents modern scientific reason’s giving up of the objective of determining man’s goal (the ultimate purpose of human existence), and therefore stands as a stepping-stone in the process of the full affirmation of purely instrumental rationality. This interpretative thesis acknowledges but also downplays an important theme in Weber’s Vortrag, viz., the theme of the clarity (Klarheit) that science in its current configuration can bring to practical and personal life. In Horkheimer’s complex thought path, however, such downplaying was destined to have significant consequences.

Rinuncia, dominio, chiarezza: su Wissenschaft als Beruf, a partire dalla (e facendo ritorno alla) critica di Max Horkheimer a Max Weber, / Massimilla, E.. - In: STUDI FILOSOFICI. - ISSN 1124-1047. - XLIV, 2021:(2021), pp. 103-128.

Rinuncia, dominio, chiarezza: su Wissenschaft als Beruf, a partire dalla (e facendo ritorno alla) critica di Max Horkheimer a Max Weber,

E. Massimilla
2021

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Renunciation, Dominion, Clarity: On Wissenschaft als Beruf, Starting from (and Returning to) Max Horkheimer’s Criticism of Max Weber Abstract: The essay examines the thesis set forth by Horkheimer in Eclipse of Reason, according to which Max Weber’s lecture Wissenschaft als Beruf documents modern scientific reason’s giving up of the objective of determining man’s goal (the ultimate purpose of human existence), and therefore stands as a stepping-stone in the process of the full affirmation of purely instrumental rationality. This interpretative thesis acknowledges but also downplays an important theme in Weber’s Vortrag, viz., the theme of the clarity (Klarheit) that science in its current configuration can bring to practical and personal life. In Horkheimer’s complex thought path, however, such downplaying was destined to have significant consequences.
2021
Rinuncia, dominio, chiarezza: su Wissenschaft als Beruf, a partire dalla (e facendo ritorno alla) critica di Max Horkheimer a Max Weber, / Massimilla, E.. - In: STUDI FILOSOFICI. - ISSN 1124-1047. - XLIV, 2021:(2021), pp. 103-128.
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