Radical Sociology of Durkheim and Mauss

ISBN-13: 9780415064224 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 240 str.

Mike Gane

Opis

The essays brought together here are of two kinds: first, essential essays by Durkheim and Mauss which reveal the radical ambitions of Durkheimian social theory, and second, a number of complementary essays which explore the scope and limits of this sociological tradition. The central essay of the collection, written by Marcel Mauss, concerns the analysis of the Bolshevik experiment in its early years. Although Mauss argued that the Bolsheviks did not understand the importance of the market he was not for the abolition of the soviets. Indeed he offers the remarkable interpretation that the development of the soviets was something not only that Durkheim would have supported but also was a development which may have owed something to Durkheim himself. The critique which Mauss develops is a crucial part of the sociological analysis of communism.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction: Emile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss and the Sociological Project Mike Gane 2. Durkheim's `Two Laws of Penal Evolution' T.A. Jones and A. Scull 3. Two Laws of Penal Evolution Emile Durkheim 4. Review Article Emile Durkheim 5. Durkheim: the Sacred Language MIke Gane 6. Durkheim: Woman as Outsider Mike Gane 7. Institutional Socialism and the Sociological Critique of Communism Mike Gane 8. A Sociological Assessment of Bolshevism Marcel Mauss Appendix, Translator's Notes B. Brewster

O autorze

Mike J. Gane