Unit:
Speciality Social Theory and Social ResearchLibrary of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Author:
Papadimitriou Alexandros
Supervisors info:
Γεράσιμος Κουζέλης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Παντελής Λέκκας, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Μιχαήλ Σπουρδαλάκης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Πολιτικής Επιστήμης και Δημόσιας Διοίκησης, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η γέννηση του καπιταλισμού στον Μαρξ και τον Βέμπερ
Translated title:
The birth of capitalism in Marx and Weber
Summary:
The topic of this dissertation is the birth of capitalism. The issue is examined from the perspective of social theory, and out of numerous possible theoretical approaches it was the ones by Karl Marx and Max Weber that were chosen. It was deemed necessary to prioritize the two thinkers’ different methodological choices, because, despite not being the main subject of the study, it will facilitate understanding of their specific analyses of the birth of capitalism. What follows is a detailed account of Karl Marx's position, which is divided into two sections corresponding to the logical and historical moment of his analysis, and that of Max Weber’s, which is also divided into two sections, where the role of protestant ethic and the contribution of a variety of other social factors are discussed respectively. On the basis of the above, there has been an attempt to compare their approaches to the birth of capitalism and the existence of a relatively broad affinity was found between them. In particular, it appears that Weber's analysis was largely based on Marx’s; he disagreed on some points; elaborated upon and assessed some others; modified a number of them; and mainly enriched it by opening up new aspects of the phenomenon under consideration that had to be explored -and to some extent- were explored.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
Capitalism, primitive accumulation, protestant ethic, Karl Marx, Max Weber
Number of references:
346
