Classical Social Theory and Modern Society: Marx, Durkheim, Weber

Synopsis

Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, And Max Weber Are Indispensable For Understanding The Sociological Enterprise. They Are Among The Chief Founders Of The Discipline And Among The Foremost Theorists Of Modernity, And Their Work Can Stimulate Readers To Reflect On Their Own Identities And Worldviews. Classical Social Theory And Modern Society Introduces Students To These Three Thinkers And Shows Their Continued Relevance Today. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Introduction -- Classical Sociology And The Great Transformation -- The Enlightenment -- The French Revolution -- The Industrial Revolution -- Classical Sociology And Modern Society -- Marx, Durkheim, And Weber: Theorists Of Modernity -- Marx, Durkheim, And Weber: Defenders Of Modernity -- Marx, Durkheim, And Weber: Critics Of Modernity -- Marx, Durkheim, And Weber: Public Intellectuals -- The Plan Of The Book -- Pt. I Overview -- 2. Karl Marx (1818 -- 1883) -- Historical Materialism -- Marx's Materialist Conception Of Society -- Marx's Materialist Conception Of History -- Marx's Practical Materialism -- The Capitalist Mode Of Production -- Capitalist Commodity Production -- The Labor Theory Of Value -- Primitive Accumulation -- Labor Power: A Most Peculiar Commodity -- The Industrial Reserve Army -- The Hidden Abode Of Production -- The Consumption Of Labor Power -- The Secret Of Profit Making -- The Exploitation Of Labor -- Capitalist Contradictions And Crisis Tendencies -- Capitalist Development And Socialist Revolution -- Capitalism As A Modernizing Force -- The Historical Mission Of Capitalism -- The Formation Of A Revolutionary Working Class -- 3. Emile Durkheim (1858 -- 1917) -- The Sociological Enterprise -- The Domain Of Sociology -- The Social Nature Of Social Facts -- The Factual Nature Of Social Facts -- Explaining Social Facts -- The Normal And The Pathological -- Modern Society: Specialization And Solidarity -- Segmentary Society And Organized Society -- The Origins Of The Division Of Labor -- The Collective Consciousness -- Repressive Law And Restitutive Law -- Mechanical Solidarity And Organic Solidarity -- Sociology, Suicide, And Modernity -- The Social Rate Of Suicide -- The Social Types Of Suicide -- The Individual And Society -- Civilization And Humanity -- God And Society -- Homo Duplex -- Moral Education And The Formation Of The Social Being -- 4. Max Weber (1864 -- 1920) -- The Rationalization Theme -- The Rationalization Of Social Action -- Modern Rational Capitalism -- Capitalism: Modern And Pre-modern -- Modern Rational Capitalism: Preconditions And Characteristics -- The Protestant Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism -- The Spirit Of Capitalism -- Ascetic Protestantism -- From Ascetic Protestantism To Modern Capitalism -- The Rise Of The Capitalist System -- The Rationalization Of Legitimate Authority -- Traditional Authority -- Charismatic Authority -- Rational-legal Authority -- Legitimate Authority, Modernity, And Rationalization -- Bureaucratic Rationalization -- Science, Disenchantment, And The Crisis Of Meaning -- The Circumstances Of Science In The Modern World -- The Disenchantment Of The World -- Empirical Judgments And Value Judgments -- Cultural Differentiation And Value Pluralism -- The Value Of Science -- Modernity And Rationalization -- Pt. Ii Themes -- 5. The Modern Condition -- Karl Marx: The Fate Of The Working Class -- The Developmental Tendencies Of Capitalism -- The Process Of Valorization -- From Manufacture To Modern Industry -- The Immiseration Of The Working Class -- The Alienation Of Labor -- The Irrationality Of Capitalism -- Emile Durkheim: The Malaise Of Modern Society -- A State Of Transition -- The Crisis Of Modern Society -- Corporate Organizations -- Max Weber: The Iron Cage -- The Iron Cage -- Capitalism: The Most Fateful Force In Our Modern Life -- Bureaucracy: A Structure Of Domination -- Formal And Substantive Rationality -- Marx, Durkheim, And Weber On The Modern Condition -- The Diagnosis Of Modernity -- Progress And Social Change -- The End Of History? -- 6. The Fate Of The Individual -- Karl Marx: Free Individuality -- Capitalism, Communism, And Individuality -- Capitalism, Communism, And Freedom -- Emile Durkheim: Moral Individualism -- The Road To Individualism -- Individualism As Pathology -- Moral Individualism -- Max Weber: The Ethic Of Personality -- Weber's Concept Of Freedom -- The Routinization Of Everyday Life -- The Concept Of Personality -- Personality, Individual Freedom, And The Iron Cage -- The Individual, Individualism, And Modernity -- Common Ground -- Modern Society And Individual Freedom -- Individualism, Freedom, And Self-realization -- 7. The State And Democracy -- Karl Marx: True Democracy -- Marx's Early Political Writings -- Marx's Theory Of The Capitalist State -- True Democracy -- The Paris Commune -- Democracy Equals Communism -- Emile Durkheim: The Future Belongs To Democracy -- The Role Of The State In Modern Society -- The State And Democracy -- The Future Belongs To Democracy -- Max Weber: Leadership Democracy -- The State And Politics -- Democracy -- Marx, Durkheim, And Weber On The State And Democracy -- The State In Marx, Durkheim, And Weber -- The Idea Of Democracy In Marx, Durkheim, And Weber -- 8. Socialism And Capitalism -- Karl Marx: The Self-emancipation Of The Working Class -- Marx's Road To Socialism -- Marx's Conception Of Socialism And The Socialist Movement -- Marx's Vision Of A Socialist Society -- Emile Durkheim: A Cry Of Grief -- Socialism And Sociology -- Durkheim's Definition Of Socialism -- Durkheim Contra Marx -- Socialism And Moral Regulation -- Max Weber: The Dictatorship Of The Official -- Capitalist Development And Socialist Revolution -- Against Socialism -- For Capitalism -- Capitalism, Socialism, And Modernity -- Marx, Durkheim, And Weber On Socialism -- The Worker Question And The Pathologies Of Capitalism -- Capitalism, Socialism, And Modernity -- 9. Conclusion. Edward Royce. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.