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`This is an excellent introduction to classical social theory. For most students it is the only book on the subject that they will need. The expositions are clear and comprehensive, outlining with almost alarming clarity ideas with which many of us have to struggle′ - Alan Bryman, The Management Centre, University of Leicester This is a thoroughly revised, expanded version of the best selling student text in classical social theory.
The book provides an authoritative, accessible undergraduate guide to the three pivotal figures in the classical tradition. Readable and stimulating, the book explains the key ideas of these thinkers and situates them in their historical and philosophical contexts. The student gains an immediate understanding of what is distinctive and relevant about these giants of sociology. The book includes a glossary with over 150 entries.
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- Höfundur: Ken Morrison
- Útgáfa:2
- Útgáfudagur: 2006-07-06
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- Format:ePub
- ISBN 13: 9781446232378
- Print ISBN: 9780761970552
- ISBN 10: 1446232379
Efnisyfirlit
- Cover Page
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- The Origins and Foundations of Modern Social Theory: 1750–1920
- Modern Social Theory Defined
- The Central Subject Matter of Social Theory
- 1 Political Change, the Feudal Dynamic and the Revolution in France
- The 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
- The 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 The Dual Movement of Individualism and Industrialization
- 1 Political Change, the Feudal Dynamic and the Revolution in France
- 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
- The Development of Positivism
- The 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
- Theoretical Influences on Marx’s view of Society and History: The Shift to Materialism
- 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
- The Concept of Class and Class Structure
- Class Structure and the System of Social Relations
- The Concept of Class and the Relations of Subordination
- The History of the Term in Hegel and Marx
- Definition of Ideology and its Material Origins
- The Five Building Blocks of Marx’s Theory of Ideology
- Explaining Contradictions
- Marx, Capital and the Critique of Political Economy
- Marx’s Study of Capitalism:A Social and Historical Definition of Capitalism
- Commodities: Use Value and Exchange Value
- The 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
- The Origin of Value and the Value Form
- Relative and Equivalent Forms of Value
- Fetishism of Commodities
- Reification of Economy and Society
- Free Labor and the Emergence of Labor Power
- Surplus Labor, Surplus Value and the Maintenance of the Worker
- The History of Surplus Labor: The Working Day
- The Wage Form: Unpaid Labor
- Primitive Accumulation
- The Stages of Primitive Accumulation
- Cooperation and Division of Labor
- Division of Labor: Simple and Complex Cooperation
- 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
- 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
- The Historical Origins of the Modern State: the Period of State Formation
- The State and Civil Society in Smith, Hegel and Marx
- 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
- The Historical Context of Emile Durkheim’s Work
- Theoretical Influences On Durkheim’s View of Society
- Auguste Comte’s Influence on Durkheim
- The Realist Perspective and the Study of Society
- The Problem of Individualism and the Utilitarian Theories of Society
- Individualist Theories of Society: Hobbes and Rousseau
- The Division of Labor in Society
- Central Thesis and Definition of the Division of Labor
- The Concept of Social Solidarity and Social Cohesion
- Characteristics of Mechanical and Organic Solidarity
- Characteristics of Organic Solidarity
- The 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
- The Transition from Segmental Societies to Advanced Societies
- Main Causes of the Division of Labor
- The Proceess of Individualism and the Division of Labor
- Abnormal Developments in the Division of Labor: Anomie and the Forced Division of Labor
- The Rules of Sociological Method
- The Central Aims of the Rules
- Establishing the Existence of Social Realities Outside the Individual
- The Existence of Social Facts and their Differences from Individual Facts
- The 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
- The Shift From a Psychological to a Social Theory of Suicide
- Opposition to Durkheim’s Argument and the ‘Corridor Incident’
- The 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
- The 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
- The Totem and the Social Classification of the Universe: The Fundamental Organizing Principle
- The Two Phases of Social Life: Effervescent Assemblies and the Birth of the ‘Religious’
- The 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
- The Debate Between Schmaus and Rawls on the Origins of the Categories
- Durkheim’s Battle with Classical Rationalism: The Critique of Philosophy
- The 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
- The Theme of Rationalization in Weber’s Work
- Rationalization Defined
- Rationalization and Religious World Views Calculation and the Process of Rationalization
- The Distinction between Rationality and Rationalization
- General Economic History
- Economic Background
- The Role of the Guilds in Capitalist Development
- The Non-Economic Factors in Capitalist Development
- Rational Capitalism and the Growth of the ‘Gain Spirit’
- Weber’s Theory of Social Class: Class and the Market Situation
- Action Flowing from Class Interests
- Class Antagonism and Historical Types of Class Struggle
- Weber’s Concept of the Status Group: The Separation of Status from Class
- Characteristics of Status Groups
- Political Parties
- Weber’s Central Thesis and Fundamental Aims of the Study
- The Escape of Asceticism from the Religious Cage and the Impact on Economic Activity
- The ‘Spirit’of Capitalism Defined
- Distinctiveness of the ‘Spirit’in Modern Capitalism: Traditional vs Modern Capitalism
- Effects of Calvin’s Doctrine on Conduct in the World: Psychological Sanctions and Inner Worldly Asceticism
- The Link Between Salvation Theology and the Commercial Spirit
- Asceticism, Capitalism and the Transformation of the ‘Calling’
- Historical and Philosophic Background of Weber’s Methodology
- Wilhelm Windelband’s Criticism of the Natural Sciences
- Heinrich Rickert and the Theory of Knowledge in the Social and Historical Sciences
- Theories of Knowledge in the Natural and Social Sciences: Facts vs Values
- Controversy Over Methods in the Natural and Social Sciences: The Methodenstreit of the 1880’s
- Weber’s Contribution to the Methodological Controversy
- Weber’s Concept of the ‘Ideal Type’
- Two Types of Understanding: Weber’s Interpretive Theory of Action
- Social Action and the Concept of Rationality
- Four Types of Social Action and Their Forms of Rationality Traditional Action
- Affectual (Emotional) Action
- Value Rational Action
- Instrumental Rational Action
- The Concept of Political Authority, Legitimacy and Administrative Apparatus
- Charismatic Domination
- Charismatic Domination and Administration
- Traditional Domination
- Patrimonial and Patriarchal Forms of Administration
- Patriarchal Authority and the Power of the Edict
- Legal Domination
- Statute vs the Edict
- Historical Context of Bureaucracy
- Distinction between Administratively Oriented Societies and Bureaucratic Societies
- Historical Factors Leading to Bureaucratization
- Key Concepts in Weber’s Study of Bureaucracy: System of Rationality and Means and Ends
- The Technical Superiority of Bureaucracy
- Characteristics of Bureaucracy
- Concept of the ‘Office’in Bureaucratic Organization
- Bureaucracy and Law
- Leveling of Social Differences
- Consequences of Bureaucracy
- Marx
- Durkheim
- Weber
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