Weber’s economic side lets class conflict be one case among many

Evidence

The second feature is a recuperation of these problems within the framework of a “classical” Weberianism. By this we mean that, contrary to those who have adopted Weber against Marx, as a way of moving decisively from economic-structural to more “superstructural” features, Rex always works from that often-forgotten side of Weber’s work which treats extensively of economic relations including, of course, economic class conflict of a capitalist type, as one among a range of possible types of such relations. This is a distinctive stress, which allows Rex to encompass Marxian analysis of class relations as one, limited case within a more inclusive range of economic relations, defined as a set of “ideal-types.” — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 596

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains the ‘left Weberianism’ concept—Weber read for his economic analysis rather than against Marx’s economic determinism.