Compare Karl Marx and Max Weber During the nineteenth century, Karl Marx and Max Weber were two of the most influential sociologists. Both of them tried to explain social change having place in a society at that time. Their view on this from one hand is very different, but on the other it had a lot of similarities. Weber had argued that Marx was too narrow in his views. He felt that Marx was only …showed first 75 words of 573 total…

…showed last 75 words of 573 total…blood line. If one were a serf then one’s son or daughter would be born into the same class status. The same would hold true for any other social status. The next in line for the throne of the king is his first born son. With change this distinct line between classes vanished. They both may have different reasons as to causes of change, but they both agree as to what society has become.