Why Did Max Weber Largely Disagree with Karl Marx's Ideas

question 23

Multiple Choice

Why did Max Weber largely disagree with Karl Marx's ideas on religion?

• A) Weber argued that religion was not necessarily a conservative force;rather,religiously inspired movements have often produced dramatic social transformations.
• B) Weber held that religion,rather than being the "opium of the people," actually had the much more sinister effect of teaching the populace basic lessons about the repression of desire.
• C) Weber thought that Marx looked too much at society's structures when it came to religion and failed to account for daily life.
• D) Weber knew that religion was embedded in human culture and that it could not be reduced to the workings of the state.

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