Max Weber

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani counts Max Weber among the founders of sociology and, more broadly, of the human sciences12. He speaks of him mainly in connection with Michel Clouscard. He sees him as the source of the notion of symbolic violence3, and he links him to competitive capitalism, the capitalism of the morality of saving and effort4. He reads The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism closely. He takes from it the idea that grace is read in business success, which makes Protestantism a religion that justifies class division5. In 2025, he notes that Weber, without being a Marxist, sees the link between Protestantism and capitalist success, a link that can be observed by comparing North America with Latin America6. He is more critical when he places the ideal type among the devices that locked Marxism in7.

1. 1Préface au mémoire de Simon Verdun, « La critique du néokantisme chez Michel Clouscard », soutenue à l’ENS DE Paris, sanctionnée par une mention très bien.5 Jul 2018 · 25:06
2. 2Musicosophie 12. Nietzsche (tout) contre Wagner28 Jan 2021 · 44:24
3. 3Radio Galère - Michel Clouscard - 16 Jul 2012 · 45:20
4. 4Radio Galère - Michel Clouscard - 27 Jul 2012 · 50:03
5. 5Assemblée nationale24 Oct 2018 · 1:47:26
6. 6[ENTRETIEN] DOMINIQUE PAGANI - Michel Clouscard et la trahison de mai 687 Feb 2025 · 20:33
7. 7« DOIT-ON SAUVER LE SOLDAT LORDON ? » - Postface de la réédition par Delga du livre Néo-fascisme et idéologie du désir par de Michel Clouscard1 Aug 2017 · 15:34

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