Radical Sociology of Durkheim and Mauss

In this outstanding collection, Mike Gane brings together a selection of key articles on Durkheim and Mauss showing their points of convergence and divergence. Included here are Mauss's 'A sociological assessment of Bolshevism 1924-5' and his 'Letters on Communism, Fascism and Nazism'. This is an engrossing book not only for scholars and students of Durkheim and Mauss but for anyone interested in radical social theory.

List of contents

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

About the author

Mike J. Gane

Summary

In this outstanding collection, Mike Gane brings together a selection of key articles on Durkheim and Mauss showing their points of convergence and divergence. Included here are Mauss's 'A sociological assessment of Bolshevism 1924-5' and his 'Letters on Communism, Fascism and Nazism'. This is an engrossing book not only for scholars and students of Durkheim and Mauss but for anyone interested in radical social theory.

Product details

• Authors: Mike J. Gane
• Assisted by: Mike J Gane (Editor), Mike J. Gane (Editor), Gane Mike J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.2015
• EAN: 9781138879942
• ISBN: 978-1-138-87994-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy