Capitalism and Modern Social Theory：An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber

Giddens'sanalysisofthewritingsofMarx,DurkheimandWeberhasbecometheclassictextforanystudentseekingtounderstandthethreethinkerswhoestablishedthebasicframeworkofcontemporarysociology.Thefirstthreesectionsofthebook,basedonclosetextualexaminationoftheoriginalsources,containseparatetreatmentsofeachwriter.Theauthordemonstratestheinternalcoherenceoftheirrespectivecontributionstosocialtheory.TheconcludingsectiondiscussestheprincipalwaysinwhichMarxcanbecomparedwiththeothertwoauthors,anddiscussesmisconceptionsofsomeconventionalviewsonthesubject.