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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... position, according to which the 'validity' of a given conception is only limited to the circumstances which gave rise to it. The fortunes of Marx's writings bear witness to this. I have argued that Marx's theory was formulated at an ...
... position, according to which the 'validity' of a given conception is only limited to the circumstances which gave rise to it. The fortunes of Marx's writings bear witness to this. I have argued that Marx's theory was formulated at an ...
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... position in government. The Restoration in France gave material expression to the heavy retrenchment of reactionary interests which dispelled the extravagant progressive hopes that had guided the Jacobins twentyfive years earlier. The ...
... position in government. The Restoration in France gave material expression to the heavy retrenchment of reactionary interests which dispelled the extravagant progressive hopes that had guided the Jacobins twentyfive years earlier. The ...
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... position in a society which had largely become transformed into an industrial society 'from the top'. It was in this context, beginning shortly before Marx's death, that Engels began to publish a set of writings furnishing a defence and ...
... position in a society which had largely become transformed into an industrial society 'from the top'. It was in this context, beginning shortly before Marx's death, that Engels began to publish a set of writings furnishing a defence and ...
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... position and that of other social thinkers. The intricate difficulties which are posed by this situation have ... positions of Durkheim and Weber in this respect, and provide a new assessment of some of the main parallels and ...
... position and that of other social thinkers. The intricate difficulties which are posed by this situation have ... positions of Durkheim and Weber in this respect, and provide a new assessment of some of the main parallels and ...
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... position in a wholesale fashion than he had that of Hegel.14 Nevertheless, it cannot be doubted that the influence of Feuerbach among the Young Hegelians was dominant by the end of 1842. Marx's critical discussion of Hegel's philosophy ...
... position in a wholesale fashion than he had that of Hegel.14 Nevertheless, it cannot be doubted that the influence of Feuerbach among the Young Hegelians was dominant by the end of 1842. Marx's critical discussion of Hegel's philosophy ...
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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according to Durkheim action activity alienation analysis Année sociologique anomie become beliefs bourgeois society bourgeoisie bureaucratic capitalist causal century character characteristic charismatic charismatic domination charismatic movement commodity conscience collective consciousness consequences constant capital contemporary societies critique definite derive differentiation discussion division of labour domination Durkheim and Weber economic egoistic Emile Durkheim emphasises empirical Engels ethic existence fact feudal Feuerbach form of society German Hegel historical human ideal ideas ideology important individual industrial influence interests involves Karl Marx London Marx Marx’s writings Marxism material Max Weber means modern capitalism modern societies moral nature notion object organisation philosophy position possible Protestantism rational rationalisation relation relationship religion religious revolution revolutionary Schäffle scientific sense significance socialist sociology solidarity specialisation specific sphere standpoint structure suicide surplus value theory thought totem traditional views worker Young Hegelians