Max Weber: Religions and Order. Notes from Zwischenbetrachtung

Abstract

The essay is dedicated essentially to Max Weber’s Zwischenbetrachtung (1915-16), a fundamental text for the comprehension of his whole sociology of religion. Marra focuses particularly on the theme, typical of Weber, of the tension between rationalization processes connected to the disenchantment (Entzauberung) and the original magical-religious foundations; he also discusses the relationships which the religions of redemption (Erlösungsreligionen), according to Weber, develop with the spheres of economy and politics.