Max Weber and Karl Marx

Karl Lowith (Author), Professor Bryan S. Turner is Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.

`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

• Introduction to the translation 1. Translation 2. Weber's Interpretation of the Bourgeois Capitalist World in Terms of 'Rationalisation' 3. Marx's Interpretation of the Bourgeois Capitalist World in Terms of Human 'Self-Alienation' 4. Weber's Critique of the Materialist Conception of History Biliography Index