The Antinomies of Classical Thought: Marx and Durkheim (Theoretical Logic in Sociology)

ISBN-13: 9781138997660 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 568 str.

Jeffrey C. Alexander

Opis

This volume challenges prevailing understanding of the two great founders of sociological thought. In a detailed and systematic way the author demonstrates how Marx and Durkheim gradually developed the fundamental frameworks for sociological materialism and idealism.

Spis treści

Preface. 1. Prolegomena: General Theoretical Argument as Interpretation: The Critical Role of ‘Readings’ Part 1: Collective Order and the Ambiguity about Action 2. Marx’s First Phase (1): From Moral Criticism to External Necessity 3. Marx’s First Phase (2): The Attack on Moral Criticism and the Origins of a Historical Materialism 4. Durkheim’s First Phase (1): The Ambiguous Transition from Voluntary Morality to Morality as External Constraint 5. Durkheim’s First Phase (2): The Division of Labor in Society as the Attempt to Reconcile Instrumental order with Freedom Part 2: Two Different Paths to Collective Order 6. Marx’s Later Writings: The Elegant Apotheosis of Instrumental Control 7. Durkheim’s Later Writings (1): The Transition to Morality as a Spiritual Force 8. Durkheim’s Later Writings (2): The Religious Model and the Idealist Theory of Society Part 3: One-Dimensional Theory and Its Discontents 9. Equivocation and Revision in the Classical Theory of Sociological Idealism: Durkheim and ‘Durkheimianism’ 10. Equivocation and Revision in the Classical Theory of Sociological Materialism: Marx and ‘Marxism’. Notes. Works of Marx and Durkheim. Indices.

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