Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgements and Note on the Texts vii
4. Introduction: 'Marx, Weber and Durkheim: Why Bother?' 1
5. Guide to Further Reading: General 9
6. Section One: Karl Marx
7. Karl Marx: A Brief Biography 13
8. 1.1 Alienated Labour 15
9. 1.2 The Theses on Feuerbach 24
10. 1.3 The German Ideology and Historical Materialism 26
11. 1.4 The Communist Manifesto 39
12. 1.5 Wage Labour and Capital 48
13. 1.6 The Preface to A Critique of Political Economy 66
14. 1.7 The Fetishism of Commodities 68
15. 1.8 The So-called Primitive Accumulation 72
16. 1.9 Selected Correspondence: Letter to Annenkov; Letter to Weydemyer; Letter to Mikhailovski 106
17. Guide to Further Reading 109
18. Section Two: Max Weber
19. Max Weber: A Brief Biography 113
20. 2.1 The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 115
21. 2.2 Class, Status and Party 132
22. 2.3 Bureaucracy 142
23. 2.4 Science as a Vocation 154
24. 2.5 Definitions of Sociology and Social Action 157
25. 2.6 Legitimacy and Authority 165
26. Guide to Further Reading 175
27. Section Three: Emile Durkheim
28. Emile Durkheim: A Brief Biography 179
29. 3.1 The Division of Labour in Society: Introduction 181
30. 3.2 Sanctions and Mechanical and Organic Solidarity 185
31. 3.3 The Division of Labour: Causes and Abnormal Forms 194
32. 3.4 The Rules of Sociological Method 207
33. 3.5 Suicide: A Study in Sociology 212
34. 3.6 Religion and Society 232
35. Guide to Further Reading 248
36. Copyright Acknowledgements 249
37. Index 251