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Modern Reconstruction of Classical Thought

Hardcover • 2014 • 1. edition

Modern Reconstruction of Classical Thought

By Jeffrey C. Alexander

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In this volume the author maintains that sociology must learn to combine the insights of both Durkheim and Marx and that it can only do so on the presuppositional ground that Weber set forth. Alexander maintains that the idealist and materialist traditions must be transformed into analytic dimensions of multidimensional and synthetic theory. This volume focusses on the writing of Talcott Parsons, the only modern thinker who can be considered a true peer of the classical founders, and examines hi...Show more

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9780415738965

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2014

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1

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Modern Reconstruction of Classical Thought

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Hardcover

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