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Max Weber and Karl Marx (Controversies in sociology) (Hardcover)

by Karl Lowith (Author), H. Fantel (Translator) "Like our actual society, which it studies, social science is not unified but divided in two: bourgeois sociology and Marxism..." (more)
Key Phrases: rationalised world, specialised science, economic expression, The German Ideology, Max Weber, The Holy Family (more...)
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`Lowith's essay is brilliant and it is a sign of something that we have had to wait half a century for its' translation' - The British Journal of Sociology

`Lowith's essay is brilliant and it is a sign of something that we have had to wait half a century for its' translation' - The British Journal of Sociology

`The publication of this English translation of Max Weber and Karl Marx is a major event, particularly for those who seek to understand the characteristic uniqueness of the reality in which we move' - Sociological Review

`The publication of this English translation of Max Weber and Karl Marx is a major event, particularly for those who seek to understand the characteristic uniqueness of the reality in which we move' - Sociological Review --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Karl Lowith's study of Max Weber and Karl Marx is a key text in modern interpretations of the theme of alienation in Marxist theory and the subject of rationalization in Weber's sociology. Lowith's philosophical approach, a product of Heidegger's existentialism, shows how both Marx and Weber work toward a common "life-philosophy." Lowith's analysis of the philosophical anthropology of Marxist theory and sociology also demonstrates that much of the ideological dispute between these two branches of thought is the result of a mutual misunderstanding. Lowith's book remains the best short introduction to the differences and similarities between Weber and Marx. This edition includes a preface from Professor Bryan S. Turner, in which he demonstrates the book's relevance to contemporary sociology. --This text refers to the