Re: Marx's contribution to sociology

["Einde O'Callaghan" <einde.ocallaghan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Ryan wrote: > > Does anyone have any material (online preferably) on
Marx's contribution to sociology and maybe some examples?  > > I would highly
appreciate it!  > Since sociology, specifically as developed by Max Weber, was
a conscious bourgeois alternative to marxism, I think you'll find that Marxism
had a profound effect on sociology. However because sociology isolates one
aspect, social relationships and development, from society in general and from
economic relationships in particular - this is seen as the province of
economics - sociology is a one-sided and undialectical approach to analysing
society. Marxism adopts a more rounded approach and doesn't isolate particular
aspects from teh totality. However if you want to examine the marxist approach
to social analysis I would suggest a visit to the Marxists' Internet Archive -
http://www.marxists.org/ - and particularly to the Marx/Engels Archive at
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/

Solidarity, Einde O'Callaghan
Administrator, German-Language Section, MIA



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