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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... specific fields of sociology, such as in the study of social stratification, religion, and so on, the influence of Marx, Durkheim and Weber has been fundamental. As Durkheim himself pointed out in a preface to a book on Kant by his ...
... specific fields of sociology, such as in the study of social stratification, religion, and so on, the influence of Marx, Durkheim and Weber has been fundamental. As Durkheim himself pointed out in a preface to a book on Kant by his ...
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... specific German or French terms into English. Terms such as Geist or représentation collective have no satisfactory English equivalents, and themselves express some of the differences in social development between Britain, Germany and ...
... specific German or French terms into English. Terms such as Geist or représentation collective have no satisfactory English equivalents, and themselves express some of the differences in social development between Britain, Germany and ...
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... German idealist philosophy as a whole – moving from Kant to Fichte and thence on to Hegel.6 However, what first drew Marx to Hegel was neither the impressive comprehensiveness of the latter's philosophy, nor the specific content of.
... German idealist philosophy as a whole – moving from Kant to Fichte and thence on to Hegel.6 However, what first drew Marx to Hegel was neither the impressive comprehensiveness of the latter's philosophy, nor the specific content of.
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... specific content of his philosophical premises as such, but the closure which Hegel effected between the dichotomous strands of classical German philosophy which formed the principal legacy of Kant. The impact of Hegel upon Marx was ...
... specific content of his philosophical premises as such, but the closure which Hegel effected between the dichotomous strands of classical German philosophy which formed the principal legacy of Kant. The impact of Hegel upon Marx was ...
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... specific system of production. It is only one type of productive system amongst others which have preceded it in history, and it is no more the final form than the others which went before it. The second fallacious assumption of the ...
... specific system of production. It is only one type of productive system amongst others which have preceded it in history, and it is no more the final form than the others which went before it. The second fallacious assumption of the ...
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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