Social Theory: A Reader

Jonathan Joseph

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2005

Social Theory

A Reader

Jonathan Joseph

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474469654

Overview
Contents

About this book

Covering a wide area of political sociology and social and political theory, this Reader offers a selection of extracts incorporating both primary and secondary readings. As well as a general introduction to the concept of social theory, each section is prefaced by an introduction to the relevant theorist(s) and each reading is accompanied by a short explanatory introduction.

Including a broad range of texts, the book offers a general introduction to the main writings of political sociology and social theory. While other texts tend to focus either on either traditional or contemporary figures, this Reader is unique in tracing a connecting strand from the work of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to more contemporary social theorists. And by focusing on the theories of social conflict, cohesion and consent it also acts as a guide to issues in sociological, political and cultural analysis.

Includes sections on:

Marx and Engels
Gramsci
Durkheim and Parsons
Weber
The Frankfurt School (Adorno and Horkheimer; Marcuse; Habermas)
Foucault

Introduces core social concepts and key features of modern society:

Structure and Agency
Ideology
Discourse and Legitimation
The State
Economy
Civil Society

Key Features

Covers the main social thinkers and the most important concepts
Focues on how writers contribute to our understanding of social conflict, cohesion and consent
Substantial introductions to each part place the readings in context

Topics

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INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1 MARX AND ENGELS: CONFLICT AND DISSENT
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PREFACE TO A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Karl Marx Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
FROM ‘THE FETISHISM OF THE COMMODITY AND ITS SECRET’ Karl Marx Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
FROM ‘THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO’ Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
FROM THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE OF LOUIS BONAPARTE Karl Marx Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
FROM ECONOMIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL MANUSCRIPTS Karl Marx Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
RECENT THEORIES OF THE CAPITALIST STATE Bob Jessop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Part 2 GRAMSCI: THEORIST OF HEGEMONY
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THE MODERN PRINCE: BRIEF NOTES ON MACHIAVELLI’S POLITICS Antonio Gramsci Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
THE MODERN PRINCE: ANALYSIS OF SITUATIONS. RELATIONS OF FORCE Antonio Gramsci Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
FROM ‘STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY' Antonio Gramsci Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
THE INTELLECTUALS Antonio Gramsci Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
FROM ‘AMERICANISM AND FORDISM’ Antonio Gramsci Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Part 3 DURKHEIM AND FUNCTIONALISM
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FROM THE ELEMENTARY FORMS OF THE RELIGIOUS LIFE Émile Durkheim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
FROM THE DIVISION OF LABOUR IN SOCIETY Émile Durkheim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
FROM SUICIDE Émile Durkheim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Part 4 WEBER AND RATIONALISM
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FROM ‘POLITICS AS A VOCATION’ Max Weber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
FROM ‘BUREAUCRACY’ Max Weber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
CLASS, STATUS, PARTY Max Weber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
WITHOUT REGARD FOR PERSONS Derek Sayer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
Part 5 CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION IN THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL
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FROM ‘THE CONCEPT OF ENLIGHTENMENT’ Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
FROM ‘THE CULTURE INDUSTRY: ENLIGHTENMENT AS MASS DECEPTION’ Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
FROM ‘THE NEW FORMS OF CONTROL’ Herbert Marcuse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
EXTACTS FROM THE THEORY OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTION, VOL. 2 Jürgen Habermas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
Part 6 FOUCAULT: DISCOURSE, POWER AND REGULATION
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FROM ‘THE CARCERAL’ Michel Foucault Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Michel Foucault Michel Foucault Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
WRITING THE HISTORY OF THE PRESENT Andrew Barry, Thomas Osborne and Nikolas Rose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
FURTHER READING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Keywords: Politics

eBook

Published: June 20, 2005
ISBN: 9781474469654