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Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formations of Modern Social Thought.
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The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology
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November 1, 1997| Author:
Mirkovic, Damir
| COPYRIGHT 1997 Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Assn. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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From beginning to end, this book is an elegant and thoroughly accessible exposition of the writings of the three founders of modern social theory: Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. But what is especially compelling about the book is that beyond simply providing an extremely precise theoretical overview of their writings, it also presents a historical account of the theoretical, political and economic foundations of modern social thought.
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