Social theory: a reader/
edited by Jonathan Joseph
- Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005.
- vii, 293 p. ; 25 cm.
pt. 1. Marx and Engels: conflict and dissent. Preface to A contribution to the critique of political economy / Karl Marx ; From The fetishism of the commodity and its secrets / Karl Marx ; From The communist manifesto / Karl Marz and Friedrich Engels ; From The eighteenth brumaire of Louis Bonaparte / Karl Marx ; From Economic and philosophical manuscripts / Karl Marx ; Recent theories of the capitalist state / Bob Jessop -- pt. 2. Gramsci: theorist of hegemony. The modern prince: brief notes on Machiavelli's politics / Antonio Gramsci ; The modern prince: analysis of situations. Relations of force / Antonio Gramsci ; From State and civil society / Antonio Gramsci ; The intellectuals / Antonio Gramsci ; From Americanism and Fordism / Antonio Gramsci -- pt. 3. Durkheim and functionalism. From The elementary forms of the religious life / Emile Durkheim ; From The division of labour in society / Emile Durkheim ; From Suicide / Emile Durkheim -- pt. 4. Weber and rationalism. From Politics as a vocation / Max Weber ; From Bureaucracy / Max Weber ; Class, status, party / Max Weber ; Without regard for persons / Derek Sayer -- pt. 5. Culture and communication in the Frankfurt School. From The concept of enlightenment / Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer ; From The culture industry: enlightenment as mass deception / Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer ; From The new forms of control / Herbert Marcuse ; Extracts from The theory of communicative action, vol. 2 / Jürgen Habermas -- pt. 6. Foucault: discourse, power and regulation. From The carceral / Michel Foucault ; Method / Michel Foucault ; Writing the history of the present / Andrew Barry, Thomas Osborne and Nikolas Rose.