The Problems of Modern World in Max Weber's View

The present paper investigates the condition of modern culture and its problems from the viewpoint of Max Weber, one of the twentieth century thinkers. According to him, the acquaintance with the problems of modern culture has a strong relationship with the acquaintance with rationality, because modern culture is fundamentally based on rationality. Therefore, his views about rationality have been reviewed and his views about the features of modern nationality have been analyzed. According to him, modern culture faced serious problems after the infiltration of instrumental rationality into science, knowledge, semantic system, commitments, and motivation. The most serious of these problems were disenchantment, relativism and being trapped in an iron cage (of rationality). This paper tries to expound the problems and restrictions of modern world form the viewpoint of Max Weber, because he has been well acquainted with these problems. The viewpoints of many of the subsequent critics have roots in Max Weber's views and thoughts. Therefore, it is very necessary to understand his viewpoint on modern and developed world. A qualitative method of text commentary and documentary method have been used in this research.