Max Weber

Summary

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 division. 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 America5. He is more critical when he places the ideal type among the devices that locked Marxism in.

1. 1Preface to Simon Verdun's master's dissertation, “The critique of neo-Kantianism in Michel Clouscard”5 Jul 2018 · 25:06
2. 2#12 Nietzsche (right up) against Wagner28 Jan 2021 · 44:24
3. 3Radio Galère: Michel Clouscard (1)6 Jul 2012 · 45:20
4. 4Radio Galère: Michel Clouscard (2)7 Jul 2012 · 50:03
5. 5Michel Clouscard and the betrayal of May 687 Feb 2025 · 20:33

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