A few questions on the Weber text

Here are a few of the questions I had last week for our speaker but that I was unfortunately unable to answer. If maybe some of you guys can help me answer them it would be great!


My first question is about the plane example on page three and the idea that with modernity there is an accessibility that was unthinkable barely a century ago. This idea can be extended to internet and social media of course. My question was if maybe he could extend on that concept and tie it to some of the main ideas of the Franfurt School, notably the concept that modernity is what keeps the lower classes enslaved to the dominant minority.

Secondly, this is more of an observation. It seems that Heidegger's idea of shadows is very close to Althusser's concept of Ideology and the idea that the Truth is never accessible because it is wrapped in Ideology, just as Truth is here covered with shadows. 


Finally, on page 92, Weber refers to a quote made by Benjamin were he claims that the spectator of a movie is an absentminded one. What do you think of this claim, especially since we are taking a course about German cinema and intellectualizing the movies that we watch? Do you believe this refers to every type of cinema?