Sociology, Phenomenology and Marxian Analysis: a Critical Discussion of the Theory and Practice of a Science of Society

Sociology is an established academic discipline but there has been continuing debate over its status as a science and the nature of its subject matter. This led to the emergence of a phenomenological sociology and to critiques of positivist sociology. This critical reappraisal of the relevance of Marxian analysis for a science of society shows how these developments within sociology have had their counterpart in Marxism.

The author analyses the status of Marx s work and the...
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Sociology is an established academic discipline but there has been continuing debate over its status as a science and the nature of its subject matter. This led to the emergence of a phenomenological sociology and to critiques of positivist sociology. This critical reappraisal of the relevance of Marxian analysis for a science of society shows how these developments within sociology have had their counterpart in Marxism.

The author analyses the status of Marx s work and the Marxist tradition in sociology. He focuses upon those concerns which are common to both Marxian analysis and sociology the question of subjectivity; the nature of social reality; and the dialectical relationship of the doing or practice of a science of society to the social world within which such social analyses are situated. Originally published in 1976."