Identify and explain the two levels that theorists Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber focused on when they analyzed society. Explain the similarities and differences of focus among them.
What will be an ideal response?
Marx, Weber, and Durkheim had in common a focus on the macro structures of society. Marx and Weber were both critical of these macro structures. Marx criticized capitalism while Weber was critical of the rationalization of society in capitalist systems. Durkheim was not like Marx and Weber. He had a mostly positive view of macro structures, feeling that they were not only necessary but highly desirable. Marx and Weber worried about too much control over the individual by society, but Durkheim worried more about too little control or guidance to help the individual function well in society and control his or her passions.
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