Classical Sociological Theory A Reader

Name: Classical Sociological Theory A Reader
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ISBN: 9780814755747

ISBN-10: 0814755747

ISBN-13: 9780814755747

Edition: 1997

Authors: Ian Mcintosh

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Over the years, many textbooks have been written about the troika of sociological geniuses, Marx, Durkheim, and Weber. Too often, however, these works have been mere distillations of the views of the great thinkers. They did not intend nor could they hope to capture the subtleties and nuances of the original texts. With the publication of Ian McIntosh's Classical Sociological Theory: A Reader, extracts of the most relevant and noteworthy works of the classical sociological thinkers are available for the first time in a single volume. Here we find lengthy excerpts from Marx's Communist Manifesto and The German Ideology, Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Durkheim's The…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 5/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 259
Size: 6.70" wide x 9.60" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Ian McIntosh is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom.



Acknowledgements and Note on the Texts


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


Guide to Further Reading: General



Karl Marx


Karl Marx: A Brief Biography



Alienated Labour



The Theses on Feuerbach



The German Ideology and Historical Materialism



The Communist Manifesto



Wage Labour and Capital



The Preface to A Critique of Political Economy



The Fetishism of Commodities



The So-called Primitive Accumulation



Selected Correspondence: Letter to Annenkov; Letter to Weydemyer; Letter to Mikhailovski


Guide to Further Reading



Max Weber


Max Weber: A Brief Biography



The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism



Class, Status and Party



Bureaucracy



Science as a Vocation



Definitions of Sociology and Social Action



Legitimacy and Authority


Guide to Further Reading



Emile Durkheim


Emile Durkheim: A Brief Biography



The Division of Labour in Society: Introduction



Sanctions and Mechanical and Organic Solidarity



The Division of Labour: Causes and Abnormal Forms



The Rules of Sociological Method



Suicide: A Study in Sociology



Religion and Society


Guide to Further Reading


Copyright Acknowledgements


Index