β Scribed by Karl Lowith
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Lowith's 1932 essay on Marx and Weber remains the definitive statement of the deep commonalities between these two thinkers. That is, it argues that Weber's central concern is to develop a fundamental theory of capitalism, as with Marx. For decades, it was "necessary" to attempt to parry Marx with Weber. Lowith's stood as an accusation of "bad faith" with regard to all such attempts, especially those who would evacuate Weber of all critique, even if only existential. Derek Sayer's "Capitalism and Modernity" is perhaps most in the spirit of this minor masterpiece.
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface to the new edition......Page 8
Note on the translation......Page 40
Introduction to the translation......Page 41
Introduction......Page 49
Weber's interpretation of the bourgeois-capitalist world in terms of 'rationalisation'......Page 58
Marx's interpretation of the bourgeois-capitalist world in terms of human 'self-alienation'......Page 96
Weber's critique of the materialist conception of history......Page 126
Bibliography......Page 133
Index......Page 136
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