title: Subjectivity as a cultural form of social reality. On the philosophical- theoretical potential of Max Weber’s interpretation of modernity
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metadata.value: Adolphi, Rainer
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metadata.value: 2023-10-05T13:00:56Z
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metadata.value: 2023-10-05T13:00:56Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021
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metadata.value: Adolphi R. Subjectivity as a cultural form of social reality. On the philosophical- theoretical potential of Max Weber’s interpretation of modernity. Philosophy of the History of Philosophy, 2021, vol. 2, рр. 227–248. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu34.2021.115 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu34.2021.115
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/44097
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metadata.value: The paper shows the philosophical content of Max Weber’s contribution to a theory of
  modernity. Weber adopts the deepest questions of the classical philosophical tradition,
  adding important dimensions and differentiations to them. The specific nature
  of modern subjectivity is the achievement of a cultural becoming, and it is far more
  complex than all contemporary interpretations that consider the modern era to be at
  its end. — (I) Firstly, we will interpret the well-known (and influential) text The Protestant
  Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des
  Kapitalismus, 1904/05), with a special focus on its philosophical-theoretical thoughtelements.
  That which Weber refers to here philosophically as the “Spirit” of a way of life and of its social forms encompasses the whole of a cultural transformation: a
  fundamental change in the concept of action, in the conception of the acting subject,
  in the horizon of the space of action (“world”), and in the understanding of sociality.
  In this new structure of individuality, subjectivity is connected with “objectiveness”
  [Sachlichkeit], of all things. Notwithstanding, the essence of all of these fundamental
  changes cannot be characterized solely through (modern) rationality and rationalization,
  but is fixed on people equipped with a specific habitual ethos. — (II) In the
  second part, we aim to develop Weber’s idea further on a general level, from the point
  of view of present-day debates on subjectivity. To this end, we will discern four systematically
  decisive issues: (1) One component of modern subjectivity is the “inner”
  social relatedness; there is always an internal forum where the affiliation to a “we”
  is confirmed and acknowledged (or rejected). (2) Weber saw the significance of the
  psychologization of the self (and of others) — of the different cultural images, concepts
  and explanations of subjectivity. (3) From this perspective, subjectivity (both in
  thought and in practice) is essentially the history of its interpretations — a process
  of many legacies and their transformation. (4) Existing social forms are above all
  sedimented “Spirit”, in connection with impositions of participation and conformity
  (and of “formation” [Bildung]); the established social reality itself generates specific
  cultural profiles of subjectivity.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Philosophy of the History of Philosophy;Volume 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: subjectivity (cultural profile)
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ethos of modernity
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Max Weber
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: imposition of being a subject
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: inner forum
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: individuality as interpretation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: psychology of the self
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: sedimented “Spirit”
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Subjectivity as a cultural form of social reality. On the philosophical- theoretical potential of Max Weber’s interpretation of modernity
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metadata.value: Article
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