Title: Max Weber : Modernisation as Passive Revolution
Description: Basing his research on Gramsci's theory of hegemony, Rehmann provides a comprehensive socio-analysis of Max Weber's political and intellectual position in the ideological network of his time. 'Max Weber: Modernisation as Passive Revolution' shows that, even though Weber presents his science as &#x91;value-free&#x92;, he is best understood as an organic intellectual of the bourgeoisie. Viewed as a whole, his writings present a new model for bourgeois hegemony in the transition to &#x91;Fordism&#x92;. Throughout his analysis, Rehmann brings into view the true Weber: a sharp critic of a &#x91;passive revolution&#x92; in Germany tying the bourgeois class to the interests of the agrarian class, and a proponent of a more modern version of passive revolution, which would foreclose a socialist revolution by the construction of an industrial bloc consisting of the bourgeoisie and labour aristocracy.
Subjects: Weber, max, 1864-1920, Civilization, modern, 19th century, Civilization, modern, 20th century, Philosophy, Modern Civilization, Influence, Modernisierung, Fordismus