Rethinking the Social Through Durkheim, Marx, Weber and Whitehead

Informationen zum Autor Micheal Halewood Klappentext This is the first book to systematically analyse the different concepts of the social developed by Durkheim, Marx and Weber, suggesting that debates surrounding this concept are still very much alive. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Rethinking the Social; 2. Durkheim Approaches the Social; 3. Durkheim's Philosophy of the Social; 4. Marx on the Social and the Societal; 5. Weber's "Sozial" Action; 6. The Early Death of the Problem of the Social; 7. Toward a Philosophy of the Social, Part I: Durkheim, Marx, Weber (and Simmel) Revisited; 8. Toward a Philosophy of the Social, Part II: Whitehead on Sociology, Societies and the Social; Notes; References; Index

Product details

• Authors: Michael Halewood
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9781783083695
• ISBN: 978-1-78308-369-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories