Social Theory : : A Reader / / Jonathan Joseph.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Joseph, Jonathan,
• MitwirkendeR: Adorno, Theodor,; Barry, Andrew,; Durkheim, Émile,; Engels, Friedrich,; Foucault, Michel,; Gramsci, Antonio,; Habermas, Jürgen,; Horkheimer, Max,; Jessop, Bob,; Marcuse, Herbert,; Marx, Karl,; Osborne, Thomas,; Rose, Nikolas,; Sayer, Derek,; Weber, Max,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

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 EngelsGramsci Durkheim and ParsonsWeberThe Frankfurt School (Adorno and Horkheimer; Marcuse; Habermas)FoucaultIntroduces core social concepts and key features of modern society:Structure and Agency Ideology Discourse and Legitimation The State Economy Civil SocietyKey FeaturesCovers 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

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Part 1 MARX AND ENGELS: CONFLICT AND DISSENT -- INTRODUCTION -- PREFACE TO A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY -- FROM ‘THE FETISHISM OF THE COMMODITY AND ITS SECRET’ -- FROM ‘THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO’ -- FROM THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE OF LOUIS BONAPARTE -- FROM ECONOMIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL MANUSCRIPTS -- RECENT THEORIES OF THE CAPITALIST STATE -- Part 2 GRAMSCI: THEORIST OF HEGEMONY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MODERN PRINCE: BRIEF NOTES ON MACHIAVELLI’S POLITICS -- THE MODERN PRINCE: ANALYSIS OF SITUATIONS. RELATIONS OF FORCE -- FROM ‘STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY' -- THE INTELLECTUALS -- FROM ‘AMERICANISM AND FORDISM’ -- Part 3 DURKHEIM AND FUNCTIONALISM -- INTRODUCTION -- FROM THE ELEMENTARY FORMS OF THE RELIGIOUS LIFE -- FROM THE DIVISION OF LABOUR IN SOCIETY -- FROM SUICIDE -- Part 4 WEBER AND RATIONALISM -- INTRODUCTION -- FROM ‘POLITICS AS A VOCATION’ -- FROM ‘BUREAUCRACY’ -- CLASS, STATUS, PARTY -- WITHOUT REGARD FOR PERSONS -- Part 5 CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION IN THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL -- INTRODUCTION -- FROM ‘THE CONCEPT OF ENLIGHTENMENT’ -- FROM ‘THE CULTURE INDUSTRY: ENLIGHTENMENT AS MASS DECEPTION’ -- FROM ‘THE NEW FORMS OF CONTROL’ -- EXTACTS FROM THE THEORY OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTION, VOL. 2 -- Part 6 FOUCAULT: DISCOURSE, POWER AND REGULATION -- INTRODUCTION -- FROM ‘THE CARCERAL’ -- Michel Foucault -- WRITING THE HISTORY OF THE PRESENT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FURTHER READING -- COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INDEX