World negation: Max Weber's concept of "world negation" refers to certain religious or philosophical attitudes that devalue or reject material pursuits and worldly affairs in favor of spiritual or transcendental concerns. See also Religion, Religious belief, Transcendentals._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |