Antiquity and Capitalism: Max Weber and the Sociological Foundations of Roman Civilization

　　Could capitalism have existed in antiquity? Traditionally, Marxist analysis has denied this possibility. However, in Antiquity and Capitalism, Love argues that the concept of capitalism may be successfully applied to the ancient world if one cuts it free from its modern connotations to create a variant appropriate to the cultural conditions of antiquity.

　　John R. Love is Ashworth Lecturer in Social Theory at the University of Melbourne.