Tag: max weber

Science as Enchantment

John Michael Greer212 Comments

All things considered, this may seem like an odd time to start talking again about the nature, history, and future of enchantment.  That was one of the core themes I explored in posts during the first half of the year, granted, and I had much more to say about it when the pressures of a…

When Nature Gazes Back

John Michael Greer279 Comments

It’s been a month since I last posted on the theme of disenchantment, and a lively month at that. The cracks in America’s global empire have become increasingly visible around the world.  Here at home the mentally challenged resident of the White House continues to blunder through a vague approximation of his constitutional duties while…

The Nature of Enchantment

John Michael Greer319 Comments

Back in the autumn of 2020, as the Covid virus and the US presidential election monopolized headlines across the corporate media, I made a post here talking about Max Weber’s famous claim that “the disenchantment of the world” was among the core features of modernity, and the then-recent challenge leveled against that claim by Jason…

The Mask of Disenchantment

John Michael Greer379 Comments

When I noticed at the beginning of the month that September had five Wednesdays, and I didn’t have anything in mind to post here for the fifth of them, I asked my readers for their suggestions, following an old custom here that I’ve recently revived. As usual, the resulting discussion was lively and quite a…