Classical sociological theory : a reader / edited by Ian McIntosh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntosh, Ian, Author.

Contributor:

McIntosh, Ian, 1960- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.

Durkheim, Émile.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Sociology--History.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1997.

Summary:

An introduction and a sourcebook for all students and teachers of social theoryThis reader brings together a generous selection of readings from the original texts of the three major classical sociological theorists: Karl Marx, Max Weber and Emile Durkheim. The readings, are long enough for students to gain a full understanding of the texts. Each reading is introduced by an editorial commentary which explains the importance of the piece within the context of the theorist's other work.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements and Note on the Texts

Introduction: 'Marx, Weber and Durkheim: Why Bother? '

Guide to Further Reading: General

Section One: Karl Marx

Karl Marx: A Brief Biography

1. 1 Alienated Labour

1. 2 The Theses on Feuerbach

1. 3 The German Ideology and Historical Materialism

1. 4 The Communist Manifesto

1. 5 Wage Labour and Capital

1. 6 The Preface to A Critique of Political Economy

1. 7 The Fetishism of Commodities

1. 8 The So-called Primitive Accumulation

1. 9 Selected Correspondence: Letter to Annenkov; Letter to Weydemyer; Letter to Mikhailovski

Guide to Further Reading

Section Two: Max Weber

Max Weber: A Brief Biography

2. 1 The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

2. 2 Class, Status and Party

2. 3 Bureaucracy

2. 4 Science as a Vocation

2. 5 Definitions of Sociology and Social Action

2. 6 Legitimacy and Authority

Section Three: Emile Durkheim

Emile Durkheim: A Brief Biography

3. 1 The Division of Labour in Society: Introduction

3. 2 Sanctions and Mechanical and Organic Solidarity

3. 3 The Division of Labour: Causes and Abnormal Forms

3. 4 The Rules of Sociological Method

3. 5 Suicide: A Study in Sociology

3. 6 Religion and Society

Copyright Acknowledgements

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474470872

1474470874

9780748608096

0748608095

OCLC:

1238648125