UID:
almafu_9960119935202883
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 261 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-26341-7
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1-107-26596-7
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0-511-80310-9
Content:
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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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- List of abbreviations used -- Dedication -- Part 1: Marx -- 1 Marx's early writings -- The state and 'true democracy' -- Revolutionary Praxis -- Alienation and the theory of political economy -- Early conception of communism -- 2 Historical materialism -- The materialist thesis -- Pre-class systems -- The ancient world -- Feudalism and the origins of capitalist development -- 3 The relations of production and class structure -- Class domination -- Class structure and market relationships -- Ideology and consciousness -- 4 The theory of capitalist development -- The theory of surplus value -- The economic 'contradictions' of capitalist production -- The 'pauperisation' thesis -- Concentration and centralisation -- The transcendence of capitalism -- Part 2: Durkheim -- 5 Durkheim's early works -- Sociology and the 'science of moral life' -- Durkheim's concerns in 'The Division of Labour' -- The growth of organic solidarity -- Individualism and anomie -- 6 Durkheim's conception of sociological method -- The problem of suicide -- 'Externality' and 'constraint' -- The logic of explanatory generalisation -- Normality and pathology -- 7 Individualism, socialism and the 'occupational groups' -- The confrontation with socialism -- The role of the state -- Democracy and the occupational groups -- 8 Religion and moral discipline -- The character of the sacred -- Ceremonial and ritual -- The categories of knowledge -- Rationalism, ethics, and the 'cult of the individual' -- Part 3: Max Weber -- 9 Max Weber: Protestantism and capitalism -- Early works -- The origins of the capitalist 'spirit' -- The influence of ascetic Protestantism -- 10 Weber's methodological essays -- Subjectivity and objectivity -- Judgements of fact and judgements of value.
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The formulation of ideal-type constructs -- 11 Fundamental concepts of sociology -- Interpretative sociology -- Social relationships and the orientation of social conduct -- Legitimacy, domination, and authority -- The influence of market relationships: classes and status groups -- 12 Rationalisation, the 'world religions', and western capitalism -- Religion and magic -- Indian and Chinese theodicy -- The spread of secular rationalism -- Part 4: Capitalism, socialism and social theory -- 13 Marx's influence -- Society and politics in Germany: Marx's standpoint -- Weber's relation to Marxism and Marx -- France in the nineteenth century: Marx and the growth of Marxism -- Durkheim's assessment of Marx -- 14 Religion, ideology and society -- Marx and Weber: the problem of religion as 'ideology' -- Secularisation and the modern capitalist ethos -- Marx and Durkheim: religion and modern individualism -- 15 Social differentiation and the division of labour -- Alienation, anomie, and the 'state of nature' -- The future of the division of labour -- The problem of bureaucracy -- Conclusion -- Postscript: Marx and modern sociology -- Bibliography of works cited in text -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
Print version: Giddens, Anthony. Capitalism and modern social theory ISBN 0521082935
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-08293-5
Language:
English
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803109
