Max Weber and Karl Marx /

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...

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Autore principale: Löwith, Karl, 1897-1973 (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
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Pubblicazione: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.
Serie:Routledge sociology classics.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=83141
Sommario:
  • 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.