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    Emile Durkheim vs. Karl Marx Durkheim vs. Marx Introduction: For so many years‚ authorities from each field have deliberated normative theories to explain what holds the society together. Almost each specialist‚ from structural functionalism‚ positivism and conflict theory perspective‚ had contributed their works trying to illustrate main problematic to our society. In one way‚ one of the Emile Durkheim’s famous work is “division of labor” which was primarily focusing on how the society could

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    Karl Marx v. Max Weber: Comparitive Analysis C. Wright Mills places both Weber and Marx in the great tradition of what he calls the "sociological imagination" a quality that "enables us to grasp both history biography and the relationship between the two within society". (Mills‚ 12) In other words both theorists were dealing with the individual and society not either one to the exclusion of the other. Mills further writes that both Marx and Weber are in that tradition of sociological theorizing

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    Georg Simmel Georg Simmel is German sociologist‚ philosopher‚ and critic from the 19th century. Simmel graduated from the University of Berlin with his Bachelors after studying philosophy and history. Simmel later graduated with his Doctorate also from the University of Berlin with his thesis on Kant’s philosophy of matter. Once graduating with his doctorate Simmel began to teach lectures on different topics such as ethics‚ logic‚ philosophy‚ and of course sociology. Even though Simmel was German

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    The area of social stratification has been the starting point of many arguments about how and why societies are divided. Some societies will shout that they are classless whilst others will construct a whole culture around the divisions within. Individuals will vehemently point out that they are from one class when others have said differently. Some groups within society will inform other groups that they are in an especially disadvantaged position because of all the other groups advantaged position

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    analysis on Modern and Money Culture. Simmel was a leading early twentieth century European-German scholar who had an apparent and solid influence on sociology in the United States. Although Simmel is classically labelled as a sociologist‚ the depth and breadth of his interest such as philosophy‚ sociology‚ socio-psychology‚ aesthetics‚ cultural analysis‚ literature and art‚ just to name few‚ cannot simply be limited to any one discipline‚ and it is best to approach Simmel as a cultural philosopher.

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    MAX WEBER ON CAPITALISM: Max Weber (1864 – 1920) was a left-wing liberal German political economist and sociologist. He despised the nobility and the seeking of power for its own ends. He studied capitalism in general and the part of religion in particular. Rise of Capitalism Some religions enable the march of capitalism‚ whilst others‚ such as Hinduism and Confucianism‚ do not. A key trigger in the Reformation was the removal of simple guarantees of being saved through belief‚ which led

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    Georg Simmel‚ a sociologist and a philosopher born in 1858 in Germany‚ is best known as a microsociologist who played a significant role in the development of small-group research‚ symbolic interactionism and exchenge theory. There are four basic levels of concern in Simmel’s work. First are his assumptions about the psychological workings of social life. Second is his interest in the sociological workings of interpersonal relationships. Third is his work on the structure of and changes in the

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    George Simmel In The Philosophy of Money‚ Simmel assesses the impact of the money economy on the inner world of individuals and the objective culture as a whole. In his writings he contends that man is an exchanging animal‚ and money is the most flexible of all exchanges. Man may do what he desires to do‚ and his work or labor is then converted into money. This allows him to work at whatever trade he chooses. Money becomes a bridge between people and objects. He says‚ money drives a wedge between

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    All societies have rules and regulations as well as penalties for those who violate them. There are numerous theories about the philosophy behind these laws and punishments‚ and the reasons we implement them. A short analysis of two of these perspectives can shed light on the differences between the various ideas while illustrating that‚ in reality‚ each theory carries some validity. Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx’s perspectives on the law are significantly different. Durkheim’s view is based upon

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    exactly this focus when analysing how an individual creates an identity and relationship within society. Marxism as a Macro-theory of sociology focuses on ‘human agents as cogs in the machine of social forces’ (Calhoun‚ C et al 2002) who have little or no control over the development of their identities‚ because of the overpowering social superstructure which is dictating a social hierarchy of which they are forced to obey. This large scale view of society as over powering in the formation of one’s

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