Weber remarked on how, by the end of the 1900s, the world had turned away from religious authority and towards science and other forms of rationalism. The world, he wrote, had become disenchanted. These observations formed the basis of which of the following theses?

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Weber's observations about the decline of religious authority and the turn towards science and rationalism form the basis of the secularization thesis, which argues that religion is losing its influence in modern societies. The other choices (rationalization, demystification, and profanity theses) all relate to Weber's broader ideas about the impact of modernization on society, but they don't specifically focus on the decline of religion in the same way that the secularization thesis does.

Weber Remarked on How, by the End of the 1900s