Marx and Weber Comparison

1, Compare and evaluate the ways Marx and Weber use the concept ‘interest’ and locate them within their general theories. Provide examples.

2, Compare and evaluate Marx and Weber’s theories of revolution and locate them within their general theories.

3, Compare and contrast Marx’s view of alienation and exploitation in capitalists society with Weber’s view on the composition of the iron cage and the inevitability of disenchantment in modern society.

In a capitalist society, workers are alienated from others (no freedom)
In bureaucracy, individuals have no freedom because of all of the regulations and rules that are placed on them (no freedom)

Each question need to be answered in a small 4 paragraphs essay separately , (intro, 2 body paragraphs and conclusion) . A thesis statement need to be put in the intro. every point that be made in the essay, if possible, need to be located in their original work. For example, in question3 Marx talks about alienation in Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts” “Estranged Labor”.

Feel free to look for hints everywhere, but only books that were written by Marx, and Weberneed to be quoted.For example the following:

Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts
Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,

I also uploaded a very useful comparison article that I found on google as a sample of potential source bank

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Compare and evaluate the ways Marx and Weber use the concept ‘interest’ and locate them within their general theories. Provide examples.Compare and evaluate the ways Marx and Weber use the concept ‘interest’ and locate them within their general theories. Provide examples.Interest theory deals with the question of individual motivation on what people want. Both action and cognition are applied in the service of realization of wants by individuals. It is believed that both ideal and material interest play a significant role in governing the conduct of………………

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