Contents // Preface page vii // introduction xi // List of abbreviations used xvii // Part 1: Marx // 1 Marxâs early writings 1 // 2 Historical materialism 18 // 3 The relations of production and class structure 35 // 4 The theory of capitalist development 46 // Part 2: Durkheim // 5 Durkheimâs early works 65 // 6 Durkheimâs conception of sociological method 82 // 7 Individualism, socialism and the â occupational groups â 95 // 8 Religion and moral discipline 105 // Part 3: Max Weber // 9 Max Weber: Protestantism and capitalism 119 // 10 Weberâs methodological essays 133 // 11 Fundamental concepts of sociology 145 // 12 Rationalisation, the âworld religionsâ, and western capitalism 169 // Part 4: Capitalism, socialism and social theory // 13 Marxâs influence 185 // 14 Religion, ideology and society 205 // 15 Social differentiation and the division of labour 224 // Postscript : Marx and modern sociology 243 // Bibliography of works cited in text 248 // Index 255 // v