Classical horizons : the origins of sociology in ancient Greece / George E. McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, George E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--History.

Sociology.

Sociology--Germany--Greek influences.

Sociology--France--Greek influences.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Weber, Max, 1864-1920.

Weber, Max.

Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.

Durkheim, Émile.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Argues that classical social theory has its intellectual and moral roots in classical Greece. Winner CHOICE 2003 Outstanding Academic Title "McCarthy's ... erudition may very well render this work a contemporary classic in the continuing discussion of a maturing discipline." -- CHOICE.

Contents:

Intro

CLASSICAL HORIZONS

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION: CRITIQUE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND RETURN TO CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY

1. KARL MARX: ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY AND THE CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY

SCIENCE AND NATURE IN DEMOCRITUS AND EPICURUS

NATURE, PRAXIS, AND SOCIAL OBJECTIVITY

CLASSICAL NEEDS AND NEOCLASSICAL AESTHETICS

ANCIENT AND MODERN DEMOCRACY

GREEK SOCIAL JUSTICE AND POLITICAL ECONOMY IN CAPITAL

RATIONALIZATION OF PRODUCTION AND THE LOGIC OF CAPITAL

GREEK PHYSICS AND MARX'S DIALECTICAL SCIENCE

CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY AND THE ANCIENT MODE OF PRODUCTION

2. MAX WEBER: GREEK TRAGEDY AND THE RATIONALIZATION OF SOCIETY

CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY AND ANCIENT CAPITALISM

CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY IN THE GREEK POLIS

DECLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE RISE OF MODERN CAPITALISM

NIETZSCHE AND THE ORIGINS OF GREEK TRAGEDY

EXISTENTIAL NIHILISM AND THE PERSPECTIVISM OF SCIENCE

HISTORY OF WESTERN SCIENCE FROM PLATO TO THE PRESENT

PROPHETS OF POSITIVISM AND THE POLITICS OF SCIENCE

RATIONALIZATION AND THE ECLIPSE OF REASON

CLASSICAL HUMANISM AND HISTORICAL ECONOMICS

3. EMILE DURKHEIM: GREEK POLIS AND THE SOLIDARITY OF THE CONSCIENCE COLLECTIVE

ARISTOTLE, MONTESQUIEU, AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY

ORIGINS OF SOCIETY IN ROUSSEAU AND ARISTOTLE

EPISTEMOLOGY AND EXISTENTIALISM IN KANT AND SCHOPENHAUER

COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATIONS AS SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY

HELLENIC SOLIDARITY AND MODERN ANOMIE

CLASSICAL PEDAGOGY AND MODERN POLITICS

CLASSICAL JUSTICE INFORMING SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

4. AWAKENING CLASSICAL DREAMS: SYNTHESIS OF ANCIENT JUSTICE AND MODERN SOCIAL SCIENCE

NOTES

1: KARL MARX: ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY AND THE CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.

2: MAX WEBER: GREEK TRAGEDY AND THE RATIONALIZATION OF SOCIETY

3: EMILE DURKHEIM: GREEK POLIS AND THE SOLIDARITY OF THE CONSCIENCE COLLECTIVE

4: AWAKENING CLASSICAL DREAMS: SYNTHESIS OF ANCIENT JUSTICE AND MODERN SOCIAL SCIENCE

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-192) and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-8762-8

1-4175-2023-X

OCLC:

55753837