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Author:   Jeffrey Alexander (Yale University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.975kg
ISBN:  

9780415724227

ISBN 10:   0415724228
Pages:   588
Publication Date:   28 January 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Prolegomena: General Theoretical Argument as Interpretation: The Critical Role of ‘Readings’ Part 1: Collective Order and the Ambiguity about Action 2. Marx’s First Phase (1): From Moral Criticism to External Necessity 3. Marx’s First Phase (2): The Attack on Moral Criticism and the Origins of a Historical Materialism 4. Durkheim’s First Phase (1): The Ambiguous Transition from Voluntary Morality to Morality as External Constraint 5. Durkheim’s First Phase (2): The Division of Labor in Society as the Attempt to Reconcile Instrumental order with Freedom Part 2: Two Different Paths to Collective Order 6. Marx’s Later Writings: The Elegant Apotheosis of Instrumental Control 7. Durkheim’s Later Writings (1): The Transition to Morality as a Spiritual Force 8. Durkheim’s Later Writings (2): The Religious Model and the Idealist Theory of Society Part 3: One-Dimensional Theory and Its Discontents 9. Equivocation and Revision in the Classical Theory of Sociological Idealism: Durkheim and ‘Durkheimianism’ 10. Equivocation and Revision in the Classical Theory of Sociological Materialism: Marx and ‘Marxism’. Notes. Works of Marx and Durkheim. Indices.

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