1st Edition
Understanding Modernity Toward a new perspective going beyond Durkheim and Weber
By Richard Munch
Copyright 1988
354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1988, this volume works towards a new understanding and exploration of the rise and development of modern society, taking its lead from two classical theorists, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. The key concept of this approach is the 'interpenetration' of different spheres of action.
Richard Münch begins with an exploration of the points of convergence and divergence... Read more
Part I: Between Positivism, Idealism and Voluntarism: Max Weber and Emile Durkheim 1. The Convergence Between Weber and Durkheim: Interpretation and Explanation, the sacred and the profane 2. The divergence between Weber and Durkheim: Rational and Affectual Bases of Modern Social Order Part II: Social Order and Individual Anatomy 3. Community and Social Order 4. Socialization and Personality Development Part III: The Unique Nature, Formation, Development and Structural Problems of the Modern Social Order: Max Weber 5. `Capitalism' and `Occidental rationalism': Two Perspectives on the analysis of the Structural Problems in Modern Societies 6. Via Parsons to Weber: From the Theory of Rationalization to the Theory of Interpenetration
Biography
Richard Munch
