ABSTRACT
Weber’s generally overlooked discussion of erotic love relationships is brief, embedded
in his examination of the “religious rejections of the world and their directions” in the
essay by that name (Weber, 1946, pp. 323-59). Nevertheless, the discussion is suggestive
and provocative. Although he describes the joy and meaningfulness of erotic love in a
disenchanted, rationalized world, he also describes erotic love in terms of conflict, coercion and brutality. His analysis resembles the analysis made by some modern-day
radical feminists of all heterosexual relationships.
