This volume challenges prevailing understanding of the two great founders of sociological thought. In a detailed and systematic way the author demonstrates how Marx and Durkheim gradually developed the fundamental frameworks for sociological materialism and idealism. While most recent interpreters of Marx have placed alienation and subjectivity at the centre of his work, Professor Alexander suggests that it was the later Marx's very emphasis on alienation that allowed him to avoid conceptualizing subjectivity altogether. In Durkheim's case, by contrast, the author argues that such objectivist theorizing informed the early work alone, and he demonstrates that in his later writings Durkheim elaborated an idealist theory that used religious life as an analytical model for studying the institutions of secular society.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415724227
eBay Product ID (ePID)
183136670
Product Key Features
Author
Jeffrey C. Alexander
Publication Name
The Antinomies of Classical Thought: Marx and Durkheim (Theoretical Logic in Sociology)
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Sociology
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
568 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
975g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jeffrey C. Alexander
Series Title
Theoretical Logic in Sociology
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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