“rationalization” is the general proposition throughout Weber's theory. Through this proposition, the whole of Weber's modernity thought can be clearly delineated. Weber explores the historical formation of modernity from the perspective of “rationalization”. Reveal the “crisis of meaning” and “dilemma of freedom” in the modern world. On the issue of modernity, “rationalization” and “alienation” as the theoretical starting point of Weber and Marx, both continue the rationalist tradition of modernity, but they belong to different paths in the rationalist tradition.

Lanchen Wang. The Difference between Weber and Marx's Modernity Thoughts under the Rationalist Tradition. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2020) Vol. 2 Issue 7: 63-65. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2020.020718.

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