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Informationen zum Autor Lütfi Sunar is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Istanbul University! Turkey. The Orient was central to the work of Marx and Weber, both figures building their theories around the question of why modernity appeared to emerge only in the West. Extending recent work comparing the social theories of Marx and Weber, this book examines their approaches to oriental societies, showing how. Zusammenfassung The Orient was central to the work of Marx and Weber, both figures building their theories around the question of why modernity appeared to emerge only in the West. Extending recent work comparing the social theories of Marx and Weber, this book examines their approaches to oriental societies, showing how. Contents: Introduction: the Marx-Weber relationship in sociological literature; Part I Karl Marx and Imagining the Orient: The development of Marx's vision of the Orient: the cultural and social background; Discussions on the Asian mode of production; Marx's sources for oriental societies; Marx's study of Oriental societies; Marx's Oriental mirror. Part II Oriental Societies in the Theory of Max Weber; The formation of Weber's sociology of the Orient and its reception; Weber's sources on Oriental societies; Same old differences: differentiating between the Orient and the Occident; Divergences: religion, politics and economics; Disengagements: basic elements of Weber's study on Oriental societies; Weber's Occidental Geist: defining the West by using the Orient. Part III Converging Poles of Sociology: A comparison of Marx and Weber's analyses of Oriental societies; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
