Weber’s Inquisitive Ethos Built on the Shoulders of Marxist Capitalist Theory

Both Weber and Marx are writing stories about the rise of capitalism and bourgeoisie and are trying to understand the inequality that still exists today. Weber criticized Marx's work for reasons of limited use of the purely economic framework marked as historical materialism rather than considering all factors of society (Weber 2001: 20). Weber provided evidence and conclusion reflecting Marx, indicating that his criticism was wrong. First, both writers are aware of the inequality between the poor and the wealthy people caused by the rise of capitalism and bourgeoisie (Marx and Engels 2008: 34-36; Weber 2001: 28- 30).

In Marxist theory, the capitalistic production style consists of two major economic factors: substructure and superstructure. In capitalist society, the ruling class or bourgeoisie has means of production such as machinery and tools that can be used to produce valuable items. The working class or the proletarian class has only its own labor force and sells it to the ruling class in the form of wage labor to survive it. The relationship between these production - employer - employee relations, technical division of labor and property relations constitutes the foundation of society or constitutes sub - structure in Marxist term. The superstructure emerges from the substructure of this material. The superstructure contains social thought, philosophy and culture. In the capitalist society, the ruling class regards its own ideology and values ​​as norms of society as a whole, and these ideas and values ​​are accepted by the working class.

Marxist sociology studies sociology from the perspective of Marxism. Marxist sociology is a form of conflict theory related to. The purpose of Marxism is to develop positive (experience) science in a capitalist society as part of mobilizing the revolutionary working class. The American Sociological Association has a section devoted to Marxist sociology. Marxist sociology appeared in the late 19th and early 20th century, influenced by Marx 's thought. Like Marx, Max Weber and Emile Durchem were considered as pioneering influences in early sociology. The first Marxist social school was called Olympic Marxism, among which Carlgrünberg and Antonio Lovulioora were one of the most famous members.