Classical sociological theory /

Classical sociological theory / edited by Craig Calhoun ... [et al.]. - Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, c2002. - xiv, 440 p. ; 26 cm. - Blackwell readers in sociology ; 9 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. The sociological theory of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Alienation and historical materialism. Contribution to the critique of Hegel's philosophy of law ; Economic and philosophic manuscripts of 1844 / Karl Marx -- Capitalism and commodities. Commodities ; The general formula for capital ; Division of labour and manufacture ; The so-called primitive accumulation ; Classes / Karl Marx -- History and class struggle. Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -- The eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte / Karl Marx -- pt. 2. The sociological theory of Emile Durkheim. Society and social facts. The rules of sociological method / Emile Durkheim -- Solidarity and modern life. The division of labor in society / Emile Durkheim -- Origins of collective conscience. The elementary forms of religious life / Emile Durkheim -- pt. 3. The sociological theory of Max Weber. Method of social science. "Objectivity" in social science ; Basic sociological terms / Max Weber -- Religion and rationality. The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism / Max Weber -- Bureaucracy and politics. The distribution of power within the political community : class, status, party ; The types of legitimate domination ; Bureaucracy / Max Weber -- pt. 4. Self and society in sociological theory. George Herbert Mead. The self / George Herbert Mead -- Georg Simmel. The stranger ; Group expansion and the development of individuality / Georg Simmel -- Sigmund Freud. Civilization and its discontents / Sigmund Freud -- W.E.B. Du Bois. The souls of black folk / W.E.B. Du Bois -- pt. 5. Knowledge and critical theory. Karl Mannheim.. Ideology and utopia / Karl Mannheim -- Max Horkheimer. Traditional and critical theory / Max Horkheimer -- Theodor Adorno. Cultural criticism and society / Theodor Adorno -- Herbert Marcuse. One dimensional man / Herbert Marcuse -- pt. 6. Structural-functional analysis. Talcott Parsons. The structure of social action ; The position of sociological theory ; An outline of the social system -- Robert K. Merton. On sociological theories of the middle range ; Manifest and latent functions ; The bearing of empirical research on sociological theory / Robert K. Merton.

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Sociology--History.
Sociology--Philosophy.

HM 19 / C614 2002

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