Durkheim / Lukes Durkheim: The Division of Labour in Society

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-34741-1
Verlag: Red Globe Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten, eBook

Arguably sociology's first classic and one of Durkheim's major works, The Division of Labour in Society studies the nature of social solidarity, exploring the ties that bind one person to the next so as to hold society together in conditions of modernity.

In this revised and updated second edition, leading Durkheim scholar Steven Lukes' new introduction builds upon Lewis Coser's original – which places the work in its intellectual and historical context and pinpoints its central ideas and arguments – by focusing on the text's significance for how we ought to think sociologically about some central problems that face us today. For example:

What does this text have to tell us about modernity and individualism? In what ways does it offer a distinctive critique of the ills of capitalism?

With helpful introductions and learning features this remains an indispensable companion for students of sociology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Durkheim, Emile

Lukes, Steven

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to this edition, by Steven Lukes.- Introduction to the 1984 edition, by Lewis Coser.- Introduction to this edition, by Steven Lukes.- Durkheim's Life and Work: Timeline 1858-1917.- Suggestions for Further Reading.- Original Translator's Note.- The Division of Labour in Society by Emile Durkheim.- Preface to the First Edition (1893).- Preface to the Second Edition (1902).- Introduction.- PART I: THE FUNCTION OF THE DIVISION OF LABOUR.- 1. The Method of Determining This Function.- 2. Mechanical Solidarity, or Solidarity by Similarities.- 3. Solidarity Arising from the Division of Labour, or Organic Solidarity.- 4. Another Proof of the Preceding Theory.- 5. The Increasing Preponderance of Organic: Solidarity and its Consequences.- 6. The Increasing Preponderance of Organic: Solidarity and its Consequences (cont.).- 7. Organic Solidarity and Contractual Solidarity.- PART II: THE CAUSES AND CONDITIONS.- 8. The Progress of the Division of Labour and of Happiness.- 9. The Causes.- 10. Secondary Factors.- 11. Secondary Factors (cont.).- 12. Consequences of the Foregoing.- PART III: THE ABNORMAL FORMS.- 13. The Anomic Division of Labour.- 14. The Forced Division of Labour.- 15. Another Abnormal Form.- Conclusion.- Original Annotated Table of Contents.

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Lukes is Professor of Sociology at New York University, USA. He studied at Oxford and has previously held posts at Oxford, Florence, Siena and London. He is an emeritus Fellow of the British Academy and an editor of the European Journal Of Sociology. His writing and teaching have ranged over political science, political and moral philosophy, sociology, anthropology and the philosophy of the social sciences. He is the author of Emile Durkheim: His Life and Work (1972) and, most recently, Moral Relativism (2005).