Open AccessThe Place of Max Weber in Ricœur’s Philosophy: Power, Ideology, Explanation
Author(s) -
Ernst Wolff
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of french and francophone philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2155-1162
DOI - 10.5195/jffp.2020.949
Subject(s) - ideology , epistemology , sociology , politics , interpretation (philosophy) , power (physics) , political philosophy , state (computer science) , action (physics) , philosophy , law , political science , quantum mechanics , computer science , linguistics , physics , algorithm
This article offers an encompassing interpretation of Paul Ricœur’s reception of Max Weber’s sociology. Three main domains in which Ricœur redeployed and revised insights from Weber are examined: (1) political responsibility and the definition of the state, (2) significant categories for understanding social interaction (notably ideology and authority) and the social ontology implied by this view on action and, finally, (3) the role of explanation in the interpretive social sciences. As a whole, this article argues that Weber was a significant interlocutor of Ricœur on a number of significant themes in the philosopher’s work. In particular, the article profiles the Weberian aspect of Ricœur’s social and political philosophy.