Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology - From Adam Smith to Max Weber

Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology offers an original interpretation of Marx's critique of political economy as the basis of a critique of modern economics and sociology. The core of the book is an account of Marx's theory of alienated labour as the basis of Marx's work as a whole. The critical implications of this theory are developed through an analysis of the historical development of liberal social theory from political economy to the modern disciplines of economics and sociology.

List of contents

The Origins of Modern Sociology - Classical Political Economy - Alienated Labour and the Critique of Political Economy - Value, Class and the Theory of Society - Political Economy and its Sociological Critics - The Marginalist Revolution in Economics - The Irrationality of Marginalist Economics - From Marginalism to Modern Sociology - Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology

About the author

Simon Clarke

Product details

• Authors: Simon Clarke
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2016
• EAN: 9780333548301
• ISBN: 978-0-333-54830-1
• No. of pages: 339
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 17 mm x 218 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: IX, 339 p.
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous