Value Polytheism and Democracy | Max Weber as Political Theorist? #1 Session

Описание: Max Weber’s emphasis on the impossibility of a scientific foundation for value systems has been accused of being relativistic. What is the point of a social science that a priori refuses to discover and establish a common good? What are we supposed to do if social theory does not even allow us to demonstrate that certain political and ethical stances are undeniably wrong?

In contrast, Weber’s insistence on the inexorable plurality, divergence, incompatibility and even incommensurability of the guiding principles that orient social action can also give us some significant elements to think about our contemporary democracies and even rethink his own concept of democracy.

In place of this projection of social harmony, Weber’s value polytheism implies the permanence of politics, conceived as pluralism, debate and reflection, as well as conflict and dissensus and the constant challenge of finding compromises. Yannis Ktenas and Lucía Pinto join in conversation with Costas Polyzos

Moderator: Victor Strazzeri

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