Marx and Durkheim 's explanation of social changes differ because both of their theories have
differences on the essential makeup of modern society. They were both concerned with the emergence of modern society and the division of labor. However for Marx a revolution was necessary for change and for Durkheim was interested in improving society not removing the capitalist social construct.
Social change from Marx focus mainly on economics Marx theory looked at how we produced and exchanged goods in order to survive and that shaped how people related to each other. Marx believed that the source of change would come from conflict between the economic forces of production and the relationships people have with production which he called materialism. …show more content…
page 184 " the most important opponent with which the spirit of capitalism, in the sense of a definite standard of life claiming ethical sanction, has had to struggle, was that type of attitude and reaction actuations we may designate as traditionalism" Weber believed that there had to have been a in between stage in order for people to stop practicing their traditional spirit of religion and transfer over to the spirit of capitalism and he believed it was the seed planted by the Protestant religion that help transform Western society. Where traditionally people would work long enough to support a traditional life they lived in a farm based or rule society where they could barter for services. Protestants believe that the harder you worked the more God would bless you. Proving to be successful economically showed that you were in God 's favor and that you would go to heaven. You live to work for the goal of unlimited wealth. God wanted you to prosper and God wanted you to have lots of stuff the more money and the more stuff you had the more blessed you were in God 's favor. Page 188 “Calling, and the favor in the sight of God, is measured primarily moral terms, and thus in terms of importance of the goods produced in …show more content…
Durkheim research on suicide found that although suicide was a solitary act the causes has significant links to various social factors. Durkheim looked for what socially would influence a higher or lower rate of suicide. He studied each country 's believes value tradition to see if these influence the rate of suicide. Durkheim looked at the cohesiveness of the society. A persons standing in the society and the religious social and occupational groups in the society. Durkheim was able to take someone 's individual behavior and study and understand it within a social context. Durkheim theory help take solitary acts and allow people to expand it to see a connection with the larger society by pointing out the influence of group and social forces on the
differences on the essential makeup of modern society. They were both concerned with the emergence of modern society and the division of labor. However for Marx a revolution was necessary for change and for Durkheim was interested in improving society not removing the capitalist social construct.
Social change from Marx focus mainly on economics Marx theory looked at how we produced and exchanged goods in order to survive and that shaped how people related to each other. Marx believed that the source of change would come from conflict between the economic forces of production and the relationships people have with production which he called materialism. …show more content…
page 184 " the most important opponent with which the spirit of capitalism, in the sense of a definite standard of life claiming ethical sanction, has had to struggle, was that type of attitude and reaction actuations we may designate as traditionalism" Weber believed that there had to have been a in between stage in order for people to stop practicing their traditional spirit of religion and transfer over to the spirit of capitalism and he believed it was the seed planted by the Protestant religion that help transform Western society. Where traditionally people would work long enough to support a traditional life they lived in a farm based or rule society where they could barter for services. Protestants believe that the harder you worked the more God would bless you. Proving to be successful economically showed that you were in God 's favor and that you would go to heaven. You live to work for the goal of unlimited wealth. God wanted you to prosper and God wanted you to have lots of stuff the more money and the more stuff you had the more blessed you were in God 's favor. Page 188 “Calling, and the favor in the sight of God, is measured primarily moral terms, and thus in terms of importance of the goods produced in …show more content…
Durkheim research on suicide found that although suicide was a solitary act the causes has significant links to various social factors. Durkheim looked for what socially would influence a higher or lower rate of suicide. He studied each country 's believes value tradition to see if these influence the rate of suicide. Durkheim looked at the cohesiveness of the society. A persons standing in the society and the religious social and occupational groups in the society. Durkheim was able to take someone 's individual behavior and study and understand it within a social context. Durkheim theory help take solitary acts and allow people to expand it to see a connection with the larger society by pointing out the influence of group and social forces on the