Table of contents
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION;
The Origins and Foundations of Modern Social Theory: 1750-1920;
Modern Social Theory Defined;
The Central Subject Matter of Social Theory;
PART TWO: KARL MARX;
The Historical Context of Karl Marx's Work;
The Shift to Materialism;
The German Ideology;
Marx's Economic Works: 1850-1867;
Capital Volume One, Part A;
Economic and Social Elements of Capitalism;
Capital Volume One, Part B;
The Theory of Value;
Capital Volume One, Part C;
Theory of Surplus Value;
Capital Volume One, Part D;
The Genesis of Capitalism;
Theory of Alienation;
Marx's Theory of Alienation and the 1844 Manuscripts;
Marx's Political Writings;
Marx's Dialectical View of History;
The Theory of Development;
PART THREE: EMILE DURKHEIM;
The Historical Context of Emile Durkheim's Work;
The Division of Labor in Society;
The Rules of Sociological Method;
Durkheim's Study of Suicide;
The Elementary Form of the Religious Life;
PART FOUR: MAX WEBER;
The Historical Context of Max Weber's Work;
Weber's Theoretical Perspective and Fundamental Themes in His Work;
The Theme of Capitalism in Weber's Work;
Weber's Theory of Class, Status and Party;
Weber's Concept of the Status Group;
The Separation of Status from Class;
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism;
Weber's Methodology and the Theory of Knowledge in the Social Sciences;
The Theory of Legitimate Domination;
Weber's Political Writings;
Weber's Study of Bureaucracy;