How did Karl Marx and Max Weber differ in their theoretical assumptions?
Well lets talk about the structural differences between the two. Marx believed that the capitalist state derived from productive forces and Weber believed that they came from religion, Protestanism. Obviously you should read the Paris Manuscripts by Marx and The Protestant Ethic by Weber. I would avoid Giddens’ Capitalism and Modern Social Theory” unless you are working at a rather advanced level and have fundamentally grasped the basic assumptions of both theorists’ theories.
