intellectualization

is a defense mechanism whereby one distances oneself from emotional experiences by overemphasizing thought.

is characterized by the fact that sublime values have retreated from public life into the realm of the mystics or in the brotherliness of direct and personal human relations.

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world.' Precisely the ultimate and most sublime values have retreated from public life either into the transcendental realm of mystic life or into the brotherliness of direct and personal human relations. (weber 'science as vocation' : 35)

is the knowledge or belief that if one but wished one could learn anything at any time.

The increasing intellectualization and rationalization . . . means . . . the knowledge or belief that if one but wished one could learn it at any time. Hence, it means that principally there are no mysterious incalculable forces that come into play, but rather that one can, in principle, master all things by calculation. This means that the world is disenchanted. One need no longer have recourse to magical means in order to master or implore the spirits, as did the savage, for whom such mysterious powers existed. Technical means and calculations perform the service. (Weber 1948: 139)

intellectualization, n.Definitions

intellectualization