Praise for the First Edition:

IntroductionSociology's Intellectual CharacterConclusionSelect Bibliography and Further ReadingKarl MarxBiography and Social BackgroundEarly Years: The Critique of Hegel's IdealismTurning Hegel the Right Way UpThe Critique of Political EconomyThe Partnership with EngelsThe Materialist Conception of HistoryThe Priority of SocietyThe Material Basis of Social OrganisationEconomic Production and Social OrganisationThe Shaping of ConsciousnessThe Sources of Social ChangeThe Nature of Social ChangeSocial RevolutionThe Economic Sources of Social ChangeIssues of InterpretationChanges in the Nature of CapitalismConclusion: Marx's LegacySelect Bibliography and Further ReadingMax WeberThe Early CareerWeber and Modern CapitalismThe Organisation of SocietyCapitalism, Rationality and Social ChangeThe Methodological WeberThe LegacySelect Bibliography and Further ReadingEmile DurkheimThe Study of Social ActionThe Reality of SocietyThe Unity of SocietyAutonomy and ConstraintThe Solidarity of SocietyThought and SocietyThe Diagnosis of SocietyThe AftermathSelect Bibliography and Further ReadingConclusionTowards a Postmodern Marx?The Durkheimian LegacyWhich Weber?Concluding Remarks