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Max Weber and Karl Marx / Karl Löwith, with a new preface by Bryan Turner.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Routledge sociology classicsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 135 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585447640
  • 9780585447643
  • 0203422228
  • 9780203422229
Uniform titles:
  • Max Weber und Karl Marx. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Max Weber and Karl Marx.DDC classification:
  • 301/.092/2 20
LOC classification:
  • HM477.G3 L69 1993eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface to the new edition -- Note on the translation -- Introduction to the translation -- Introduction -- Weber's interpretation of the bourgeois-capitalist world in terms of 'rationalisation' -- Marx's interpretation of the bourgeois-capitalist world in terms of human 'self-alienation' -- Weber's critique of the materialist conception of history.
Summary: 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 rationalisation in Weber's sociology. It remains the best short student introduction to the differences and comparisons between these essential thinkers. This new edition includes a Preface by Professor Bryan S. Turner which demonstrates the relevance of the book for contemporary sociology.Summary: This is a key text in modern interpretations of alienation in Marxist theory and rationalization in Weber's sociology. It remains the best student introduction to the differences and comparisons between these two essential thinkers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 rationalisation in Weber's sociology. It remains the best short student introduction to the differences and comparisons between these essential thinkers. This new edition includes a Preface by Professor Bryan S. Turner which demonstrates the relevance of the book for contemporary sociology.

Print version record.

Preface to the new edition -- Note on the translation -- Introduction to the translation -- Introduction -- Weber's interpretation of the bourgeois-capitalist world in terms of 'rationalisation' -- Marx's interpretation of the bourgeois-capitalist world in terms of human 'self-alienation' -- Weber's critique of the materialist conception of history.

This is a key text in modern interpretations of alienation in Marxist theory and rationalization in Weber's sociology. It remains the best student introduction to the differences and comparisons between these two essential thinkers.

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