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The Modern World Of Autonomy Vs Heteronomy

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Theoretical perspectives on modern society
Whereas several sociologists have conducted various research on social and society interactions, max weber and Karl max established different theoretical strategies to assist us in understanding the development and growth of the new capitalist society. Via culture, members of the … new capitalist society. Via culture, members of the same society get to share similar values and norms. With regard to the modern society, weber’s and Marx’s analytical concentrate on another sociological theory; Social structure (Lumen Learning; Little).
Social structures are simply general social behavior patterns and organization … which carry on through time. The analysis of Marx concentrates on capitalism’s financial structures (class, crisis, competition, and private property among others), and weber’s analysis concentrates on the modern organizations’ rationalized structures. Whereas the modern structure aspect that weber and Marx stress differ, their common strategy is to emphasize……

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Gerth, H. H., and C. Wright Mills. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Politics as a Vocation.\\\\\\\\\\\\" From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology (1946): 77-128.

Little, William. “Chapter 4. Society and Modern Life.” Introduction to Sociology – 2nd Canadian Edition. (n.d.). Web.

Lumen Learning. “Theoretical Perspectives on Society.” Society and Social Interaction. (n.d.). Web.

Marx, Karl, and Friedrich Engels. \\\\\\\\\\\\"The Communist Manifesto.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Selected Works bu Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Neu York: International Publishers 1363 (1848). 108-127.

Marx, Karl. \\\\\\\\\\\\"Economic and philosophical manuscripts.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Early writings 333 (1844) 75–112.

Marx, Karl. Grundrisse: Foundations of the critique of political economy. Penguin UK, 2005. 82-111.

Steiner, Pierre, and John Stewart. \\\\\\\\\\\\"From autonomy to heteronomy (and back): The enaction of social life.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 8.4 (2009): 527.

Weber, Max. The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. New Introduction and Translation by Stephen Kalberg. ROXBURY PUBLISHING COMPANY, 2001. 13-37

 

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