Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max WeberCambridge University Press, 1973 M02 8 Giddens's analysis of the writings of Marx, Durkheim and Weber has become the classic text for any student seeking to understand the three thinkers who established the basic framework of contemporary sociology. The first three sections of the book, based on close textual examination of the original sources, contain separate treatments of each writer. The author demonstrates the internal coherence of their respective contributions to social theory. The concluding section discusses the principal ways in which Marx can be compared with the other two authors, and discusses misconceptions of some conventional views on the subject. |
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... ideas of each of these three authors; and secondly, to examine some of the main points of divergence between Marx's characteristic views on the one hand, and those of the two later writers on the other. I do not pretend to provide any ...
... ideas of each of these three authors; and secondly, to examine some of the main points of divergence between Marx's characteristic views on the one hand, and those of the two later writers on the other. I do not pretend to provide any ...
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... hence irrelevant to modern times; or he consciously modernises his terms, and faces the danger that his analysis will be untrue to the ideas of the writer concerned. It says much for the contemporary relevance of the social thought.
... hence irrelevant to modern times; or he consciously modernises his terms, and faces the danger that his analysis will be untrue to the ideas of the writer concerned. It says much for the contemporary relevance of the social thought.
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... ideas. Many writers have laid great stress, quite correctly, upon the threefold set of influences which were combined in Marx's writings.7 Marx effected a powerful synthesis of the streams of thought which had developed in conjunction ...
... ideas. Many writers have laid great stress, quite correctly, upon the threefold set of influences which were combined in Marx's writings.7 Marx effected a powerful synthesis of the streams of thought which had developed in conjunction ...
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... ideas' in social development, which so dominated the polemical interchanges between Marxists and their critics at around the turn of the present century, has to be understood against this backdrop. Both Durkheim and Weber accepted the ...
... ideas' in social development, which so dominated the polemical interchanges between Marxists and their critics at around the turn of the present century, has to be understood against this backdrop. Both Durkheim and Weber accepted the ...
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... ideas earlier on in his youth, and a case can be made for the view that the influence of SaintSimon's writings over Marx in his formative years was in some respects almost as great as that of Hegel.9 The second factor conditioning ...
... ideas earlier on in his youth, and a case can be made for the view that the influence of SaintSimon's writings over Marx in his formative years was in some respects almost as great as that of Hegel.9 The second factor conditioning ...
Contents
Historical materialism | |
The relations of production and class structure | |
The theory of capitalist development | |
Durkheims early works | |
Durkheims conception of sociological method | |
Protestantism and capitalism | |
Webers methodological essays | |
Fundamental concepts of sociology | |
Rationalisation the world religions and western capitalism | |
Marxs influence | |
Religion ideology and society | |
Social differentiation and the division of labour | |
Marx and modern sociology | |
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