Rajani K. Kanth

Capitalism and Social Theory: (eBook, PDF)

Essays and Inquiry

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This work examines the relationship between the theory of wealth and the theory of power. It examines various theories of class, state and power either explicitly or implicitly avowed in the diverse social science disciplines of politics, economics and sociology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317475408
• Artikelnr.: 43418183

Autorenporträt

Rajani Kannepalli Kanth was educated at the Delhi School of Economics, Columbia University, and the New School for Social Research, with degrees in Economics and Social Anthropology. His teaching career, spanning two decades, began at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1971-1974, interrupted by a stint at the United Nations in New York, only to be continued at the State University of New York and then on to the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City where he is currently based. Author of Political Economy and Laissez-Faire (1986) and co-editor of Explorations in Political Economy (1991), he has held Visiting Fellowships at Oxford University, England, and the University of Bielefeld, Germany. His teaching and research interests include political economy and social theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Capitalism And Social Theory: Marxism And Pluralism
Chapter 1 Marxism and Pluralism: The Fateful Marx-Weber Encounter
Chapter 2 Max Weber and Rationalization: A Critique
Chapter 3 Bureaucracy, Power, and Domination: A Commentary
Part 2 Marx and Political Theory: Theories of State, Class, and Power
Chapter 4 The Iron Law of Oligarchy: A Critique of Michels
Chapter 5 The Ruling Class: A Critique of Mosca
Chapter 6 Classical Marxism, NeoMarxism, and the State: A Retrospective
Part 3 Political Economy and Policy: The Foundations of Classicism
Chapter 7 The Riddle of Laissez-Faire: Tales of Ricardo
Chapter 8 The Demise of Ricardianism: Some Theses on Ricardo
Chapter 9 Political Economy and Policy: The Malthus-Ricardo Embroilment
Part 4 Economics and Epistemology: Toward Materialism
Chapter 10 The Foundations of Economic Analysis: Toward Realism
Chapter 11 Science, Class, and Theory: The Elusive Anatomy of Social Discourse
Chapter 12 Political Economy and Philosophy: Tensions in Orthodoxy
Part 5 EuroMarxism and Third-Worldism: Toward Autonomism
Chapter 13 EuroMarxism and "Dependency": A Portentous Disjunction