John Hughes, Wes Sharrock, Peter J Martin

Understanding Classical Sociology

Marx, Weber, Durkheim

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Praise for the First Edition:

`Totally reliable... the authors have produced a book urgently needed by all those charged with introducing students to the classics... quite indispensable' - Times Higher Education Supplement

This is a fully updated and expanded new edition of the successful undergraduate text. Providing a lucid examination of the pivotal theories of Marx, Durkheim and Weber, the authors submit that these figures have decisively shaped the discipline. They show how the classical apparatus is in use, even though it is being directed in new ways in response to the changing character of society.

Written with the needs of undergraduates in mind, the text is essential reading for students in sociology and social theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd / Sage Publications
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 447g
• ISBN-13: 9780761954675
• ISBN-10: 0761954678
• Artikelnr.: 21736058

Autorenporträt

John Hughes is Professor of Sociology at the University of Lancaster; Wes Sharrock is Professor of Sociology and Peter Martin is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, both at the University of Manchester.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Sociology's Intellectual Character
Conclusion
Select Bibliography and Further Reading
Karl Marx
Biography and Social Background
Early Years: The Critique of Hegel's Idealism
Turning Hegel the Right Way Up
The Critique of Political Economy
The Partnership with Engels
The Materialist Conception of History
The Priority of Society
The Material Basis of Social Organisation
Economic Production and Social Organisation
The Shaping of Consciousness
The Sources of Social Change
The Nature of Social Change
Social Revolution
The Economic Sources of Social Change
Issues of Interpretation
Changes in the Nature of Capitalism
Conclusion: Marx's Legacy
Select Bibliography and Further Reading
Max Weber
The Early Career
Weber and Modern Capitalism
The Organisation of Society
Capitalism, Rationality and Social Change
The Methodological Weber
The Legacy
Select Bibliography and Further Reading
Emile Durkheim
The Study of Social Action
The Reality of Society
The Unity of Society
Autonomy and Constraint
The Solidarity of Society
Thought and Society
The Diagnosis of Society
The Aftermath
Select Bibliography and Further Reading
Conclusion
Towards a Postmodern Marx?
The Durkheimian Legacy
Which Weber?
Concluding Remarks

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Introduction Sociology
s Intellectual Character Conclusion Select Bibliography and Further Reading Karl Marx Biography and Social Background Early Years: The Critique of Hegel
s Idealism Turning Hegel the Right Way Up The Critique of Political Economy The Partnership with Engels The Materialist Conception of History The Priority of Society The Material Basis of Social Organisation Economic Production and Social Organisation The Shaping of Consciousness The Sources of Social Change The Nature of Social Change Social Revolution The Economic Sources of Social Change Issues of Interpretation Changes in the Nature of Capitalism Conclusion: Marx
s Legacy Select Bibliography and Further Reading Max Weber The Early Career Weber and Modern Capitalism The Organisation of Society Capitalism, Rationality and Social Change The Methodological Weber The Legacy Select Bibliography and Further Reading Emile Durkheim The Study of Social Action The Reality of Society The Unity of Society Autonomy and Constraint The Solidarity of Society Thought and Society The Diagnosis of Society The Aftermath Select Bibliography and Further Reading Conclusion Towards a Postmodern Marx? The Durkheimian Legacy Which Weber? Concluding Remarks