The Radical sociology of Durkheim and Mauss / edited by Mike Gane.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gane, Mike.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.

Durkheim, Émile.

Mauss, Marcel, 1872-1950.

Mauss, Marcel.

Durkheimian school of sociology.

Communism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this outstanding collection, Mike Gane brings together a selection of key articles on Durkheim and Mauss showing their points of convergence and divergence. Included here are Mauss's 'A sociological assessment of Bolshevism 1924-5' and his 'Letters on Communism, Fascism and Nazism'. This is an engrossing book not only for scholars and students of Durkheim and Mauss but for anyone interested in radical social theory.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on translators; Introduction: Emile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss and the sociological project Mike Gane; Durkheim's 'two laws of penal evolution': an introduction T.Anthony Jones and Andrew T.Scull; Two laws of penal evolution Emile Durkheim; Review article by Emile Durkheim (1899); Durkheim: the sacred language Mike Gane; Durkheim: woman as outsider Mike Gane; Institutional socialism and the sociological critique of communism Mike Gane; A sociological assessment of Bolshevism (1924 5) Marcel Mauss

Appendix to Chapter 7: Letters on communism, fascism and nazism Marcel MaussTranslator's notes to Chapter 7 Ben Brewster; Annotated name index and notes to Chapter 7 Ben Brewster; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-92235-3

1-134-92236-1

1-280-32748-0

0-203-31534-0

0-203-16001-0

9780203160015

OCLC:

252791265