he comes off to me as good critic of modernity and neoliberal order but does he actually present some interesting ideas or is it just another generic capitalist critique? and if he is worth reading which books of his are the most outstanding?
>>25429211More a generalist critique than anything else (Weber essentially covered most of his points in protestant work ethic), but still worth reading as his books are quite slim and do not take much time to get through. To the extent he has anything unique to his criticism it's the parts that are a defense/apologistics for leisure and idleness, but honestly it's nothing earth shattering. Psychopolitics and Burnout Society are the two clearest entry points.
>>25429211His critiques just boil down to more Foucauldian anxiety about minute restrictions on freedom to do what one wills and yet another defense of mindless hedonistic pleasure. It is beyond me how people think there is anything original in what he does. I suppose people do not read Foucault and Russell anymore.
