The Theory of Communicative Action
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2. The Disenchantment of Religious-Metaphysical Worldviews and the Emergence of Modern Structures of Consciousness3. Modernization as Societal Rationalization: The Role of the Protestant Ethic -- 4. The Rationalization of Law. Weberâ€"! Diagnosis of the Times -- III Intermediate Reflections: Social Action, Purposive Activity, and Communication -- IV From Lukacs to Adorno, Rationalization as Reification -- 1. Max Weber in the Tradition of Western Marxism -- 2. The Critique of Instrumental Reason -- Notes -- Index