{"product_id":"0761970568-marx-_durkheim-_weber_formations_of_modern_social_thought","title":"Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formations of Modern Social Thought","description":"\n\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction -- Origins And Foundations Of Modern Social Theory: 1750-1920 -- Modern Social Theory Defined -- Central Subject Matter Of Social Theory -- 1. Political Change, The Feudal Dynamic And The Revolution In France -- 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 -- 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. Dual Movement Of Individualism And Industrialization -- 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 -- Development Of Positivism -- 2. Karl Marx -- 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 -- German Ideology -- 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 -- Concept Of Class And Class Structure -- Class Structure And The System Of Social Relations -- Concept Of Class And The Relations Of Subordination -- Marx's Theory Of Ideology -- History Of The Term In Hegel And Marx -- Definition Of Ideology And Its Material Origins -- Five Building Blocks Of Marx's Theory Of Ideology -- Explaining Contradictions -- Marx's Economic Works: 1850-1867 -- Marx, Capital And The Critique Of Political Economy -- Marx's Study Of Capitalism: A Social And Historical Definition Of Capitalism -- Capital, Vol. 1, Part A. Economic And Social Elements Of Capitalism -- Commodities: Use Value And Exchange Value -- 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 -- Capital Vol. 1, Part B. Theory Of Value -- Origin Of Value And The Value Form -- Relative And Equivalent Forms Of Value -- Fetishism Of Commodities -- Reification Of Economy And Society -- Capital Vol. 1, Part C. Theory Of Surplus Value -- Free Labor And The Emergence Of Labor Power -- Surplus Labor, Surplus Value And The Maintenance Of The Worker -- History Of Surplus Labor: The Working Day -- Wage Form: Unpaid Labor -- Capital Vol. 1, Part D. Genesis Of Capitalism -- Primitive Accumulation -- Stages Of Primitive Accumulation -- Cooperation And Division Of Labor -- Division Of Labor: Simple And Complex Cooperation -- Theory Of Alienation -- 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 -- Marx's Political Writings -- 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 -- Historical Origins Of The Modern State: The Period Of State Formation -- State And Civil Society In Smith, Hegel And Marx -- Marx's Dialectical View Of History: The Theory Of Development -- 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 -- 3. Emile Durkheim -- Historical Context Of Emile Durkheim's Work -- Theoretical Influences On Durkheim's View Of Society -- Auguste Comte's Influence On Durkheim -- Realist Perspective And The Study Of Society -- Problem Of Individualism And The Utilitarian Theories Of Society -- Individualist Theories Of Society: Hobbes And Rousseau -- Division Of Labor In Society -- Central Thesis And Definition Of The Division Of Labor -- Concept Of Social Solidarity And Social Cohesion -- Characteristics Of Mechanical And Organic Solidarity -- Characteristics Of Organic Solidarity -- 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 -- Transition From Segmental Societies To Advanced Societies -- Main Causes Of The Division Of Labor -- Proceess Of Individualism And The Division Of Labor -- Abnormal Developments In The Division Of Labor: Anomie And The Forced Division Of Labor -- Rules Of Sociological Method -- Central Aims Of The Rules -- Establishing The Existence Of Social Realities Outside The Individual -- Existence Of Social Facts And Their Differences From Individual Facts -- 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 -- Shift From A Psychological To A Social Theory Of Suicide -- Opposition To Durkheim's Argument And The 'corridor Incident' -- 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 -- Elementary Form Of The Religious Life -- 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 -- Totem And The Social Classification Of The Universe: The Fundamental Organizing Principle -- Two Phases Of Social Life: Effervescent Assemblies And The Birth Of The 'religious' -- 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 -- Debate Between Schmaus And Rawls On The Origins Of The Categories -- Durkheim's Battle With Classical Rationalism: The Critique Of Philosophy -- 4. Max Weber -- 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 -- Theme Of Rationalization In Weber's Work -- Rationalization Defined -- Rationalization And Religious World Views Calculation And The Process Of Rationalization -- Distinction Between Rationality And Rationalization -- Theme Of Capitalism In Weber's Work. Ken Morrison. Previous Ed.: 1995. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 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