ABSTRACT
At the time of Weber's youth, the works of Marx were widely read and analyzed in the German intellectual community, and at the same time, Marxism had also started to develop. Within this background, particularly following the rapid development of the German Social Democratic Party after 1880, Marxist explanations of a number of matters began to be presented in party circles. Weber's relationship with Marx developed in two opposing ways. The first was negative due to Weber's class consciousness as a member of the German bourgeoisie. In this, he approached the matter partially from the contemporary position of Marxism, and based his attitude on the future prospects of the German government. Weber's second point of contact is his relationship with Marx as a scholar. Weber was aware of the scope of the context Marx had developed, and his importance in Western society gave him a position Weber recognized.
