... or go out with a few of my mates. But I can't - I have to do this essay. Well, actually I don't have to. I could pack up my things, walk out the door, and do all of the things that I was dreaming about earlier. I am a 'free' person - free to choose what I want to do. Yet here I am, writing this essay, despite the more appealing opportunities. Am I trapped by the "Iron Cage"? Why do I feel so "Disenchanted" with what I am doing? Max Weber doesn't provide any specific solutions to my questions. What he has done though is provide a theoretical insight into modern society, by constructing his theories of Disenchantment and the Iron Cage around his general theory of Rationalization. All of these will be explored, as well as the role that law plays within the context of these theories. Disenchantment "The great historic ...

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