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Karl Marx was described by Professor Bottomore as the founder of scientific sociology. But ever since Marx, sociologists have been engaged in criticizing Marxism - and a major attempt to construct a new science in society on alternative lines was made by Max Weber. In this book Dr. John Lewis examines Weber's weighty contributions, and asks how successful his concepts of "value-free sociology" and the "models" of social structure have proved themselves to be for purposes of sociological analysis. At the same time he elucidates fundamental ideas of Marxism itself in social and political theory.