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Author Morrison, Ken (Kenneth L.)

Title Marx, Durkheim, Weber : formations of modern social thought / Ken Morrison.

Imprint London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2006.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  301.0922 M879M    Check Shelf
Edition 2nd ed.
Description xiii, 465 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-457) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- Origins and Foundations of Modern Social Theory: 1750-1920 -- Modern Social Theory Defined -- Central Subject Matter of Social Theory -- 1. Political Change, the Feudal Dynamic and the Revolution in France -- Fall of Feudalism and the Elimination of Social Distinctions -- 2. Economic Changes and the Development of Capitalism -- Depopulation, the Enclosure Movement and the Demographic Transfer of the Population -- Growth of Town Economies -- Decline of the Guild System and the Beginning of Capitalist Development -- Management of the Problem Population: Unemployed Idle Laborers and the Dangerous Classes -- 3. Dual Movement of Individualism and Industrialization -- Modern Social Thought and the Nineteenth Century Theories of Knowledge -- Classical Idealism -- Hegelian Idealism and the Theory of Historical Development -- Empiricism and the Growth of the Scientific Outlook -- Development of Positivism -- 2. Karl Marx -- Historical Context of Karl Marx's Work -- Theoretical Influences on Marx's view of Society and History: The Shift to Materialism -- Rejection of Hegel and Idealist Philosophy -- Materialism as a Theoretical Perspective -- German Ideology -- Fundamental Aims of the Work and The Materialist Theory of History -- Means of Production -- Relations of Production -- Mode of Production, Forces of Production -- Laws of Historical Development: Different Forms of Ownership Over the Means of Production -- Concept of Class and Class Structure -- Class Structure and the System of Social Relations -- Concept of Class and the Relations of Subordination -- Marx's Theory of Ideology -- History of the Term in Hegel and Marx -- Definition of Ideology and its Material Origins -- Five Building Blocks of Marx's Theory of Ideology -- Explaining Contradictions -- Marx's Economic Works: 1850-1867 -- Marx, Capital and the Critique of Political Economy -- Marx's Study of Capitalism: A Social and Historical Definition of Capitalism -- Capital, Vol. 1, Part A. Economic and Social Elements of Capitalism -- Commodities: Use Value and Exchange Value -- Commensurability of Use with Exchange -- Consequences of Exchange on Social Relations -- Labor Theory of Value and the Dual Character of Labor -- Useful vs Abstract Labor -- Useful Labor -- Abstract Labor -- Capital Vol. 1, Part B. Theory of Value -- Origin of Value and the Value Form -- Relative and Equivalent Forms of Value -- Fetishism of Commodities -- Reification of Economy and Society -- Capital Vol. 1, Part C. Theory of Surplus Value -- Free Labor and the Emergence of Labor Power -- Surplus Labor, Surplus Value and the Maintenance of the Worker -- History of Surplus Labor: The Working Day -- Wage Form: Unpaid Labor -- Capital Vol. 1, Part D. Genesis of Capitalism -- Primitive Accumulation -- Stages of Primitive Accumulation -- Cooperation and Division of Labor -- Division of Labor: Simple and Complex Cooperation -- Theory of Alienation -- History of the Concept in Hegel -- Feuerbach's Theory of Religious Alienation -- Marx's Rejection of Feuerbach -- Marx's theory of Alienation and the 1844 Manuscripts -- Marx's Theory of Human Nature -- Alienation from the Product -- Alienation from Productive Activity -- Alienation from Species Activity -- Alienation from Fellow Humans -- Marx's Political Writings -- History of Marx's View of the State -- Hegel's View of the State -- Marx and the Materialist Origins of the State: Base and Superstructure -- Historical Origins of the Modern State: the Period of State Formation -- State and Civil Society in Smith, Hegel and Marx -- Marx's Dialectical View of History: The Theory of Development -- History of the Term 'Dialectic' -- Hegel's Dialectic -- Marx's view of the Dialectic and his Theory of Development -- Difference Between Marx and Hegel in the Dialectical View of History -- Application of the Dialectic to History -- 3. Emile Durkheim -- Historical Context of Emile Durkheim's Work -- Theoretical Influences On Durkheim's View of Society -- Auguste Comte's Influence on Durkheim -- Realist Perspective and the Study of Society -- Problem of Individualism and the Utilitarian Theories of Society -- Individualist Theories of Society: Hobbes and Rousseau -- Division of Labor in Society -- Central Thesis and Definition of the Division of Labor -- Concept of Social Solidarity and Social Cohesion -- Characteristics of Mechanical and Organic Solidarity -- Characteristics of Organic Solidarity -- Common Conscience and the Division of Labor -- System of Laws and Social Solidarity: Repressive and Restitutive Sanctions -- Penal Law and Repressive Sanctions -- Contract Law and Restitutive Sanctions -- Transition from Penal Law to Contract Law -- Transition from Segmental Societies to Advanced Societies -- Main Causes of the Division of Labor -- Proceess of Individualism and the Division of Labor -- Abnormal Developments in the Division of Labor: Anomie and the Forced Division of Labor -- Rules of Sociological Method -- Central Aims of the Rules -- Establishing the Existence of Social Realities Outside the Individual -- Existence of Social Facts and their Differences from Individual Facts -- Characteristics of Social Facts and Their Observation -- Problems in Observing Social Facts -- Collective Representations -- Social Morphology and the Classification of Social Types -- Durkheim's Study of Suicide -- Historical Background and Central Thesis -- Shift From a Psychological to a Social Theory of Suicide -- Opposition to Durkheim's Argument and the 'Corridor Incident' -- Concept of the Social Suicide Rate -- Suicide and the Concept of Social Integration -- Suicide the Integrative Pole: Egoistic and Altruistic Suicide -- Religious Integration and Egoistic Suicide -- Family Integration and Egoistic Suicide -- Political Integration and Egoistic Suicide -- Explanation of Egoism and Egoistic Suicide -- Altruistic Suicide and Social Integration -- Military vs Civilian Suicides -- Suicide and the Regulative Pole: Anomic and Fatalistic Suicide -- Causes of Anomie and the Role Played by the Economy -- History of the Term Anomie -- Fatalistic Suicide -- Elementary Form of the Religious Life -- Historical Context of the Work -- Fundamental Aims of the Study -- Central Argument: Durkheim's Search for a Definition of Religion -- Search for the Most Elementary Religion: The Totem Tribes of Central Australia -- Totem and the Social Classification of the Universe: The Fundamental Organizing Principle -- Two Phases of Social Life: Effervescent Assemblies and the Birth of the 'Religious' -- Material Effects of Religious Enactments -- Durkheim's Theory of the Social Origin of the Categories of Understanding -- Durkheim's Opposition to Philosophy -- Durkheim's Theory of the Categories and his Opposition to Kant and Hume -- Durkheim's Evidence for the Social Origins of the Categories: Space as a Social Category -- Durkheim's Evidence: Time as a Social Category -- Durkheim's Evidence: The Social Origin of the Concept of Cause -- Durkheim's Theory of the Categories of Understanding: Criticism and Debate -- Warren Schmaus' View of Durkheim's Theory of the Categories -- Anne Rawls' View of Durkheim's Theory of the Categories -- Debate Between Schmaus and Rawls on the Origins of the Categories -- Durkheim's Battle with Classical Rationalism: The Critique of Philosophy -- 4. Max Weber -- Historical Context of Max Weber's Work -- Weber's Theoretical Perspective and Fundamental Themes in his Work -- Weber's Difference From Marx -- Weber's View of History and the Continuity of Civilization Processes -- Theme of Rationalization in Weber's Work -- Rationalization Defined -- Rationalization and Religious World Views Calculation and the Process of Rationalization -- Distinction between Rationality and Rationalization -- Theme of Capitalism in Weber's Work.
Summary For a decade, 'Marx, Durkheim, Weber' has been required reading on undergraduate degree programmes. This new edition, refines the material, extends the analysis and enhances our appreciation. A glossary is included with over 150 entries.
Subject Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.
Weber, Max, 1864-1920.
Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.
Sociology -- History.
Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917. (OCoLC)fst00028702
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883. (OCoLC)fst00030215
Weber, Max, 1864-1920. (OCoLC)fst00034097
Sociology. (OCoLC)fst01123875
Soziologische Theorie (DE-588)4077628-1
Durkheim, Émile.
Marx, Karl.
Weber, Max.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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