Alienation, Rationalization, and Anomie are in may ways the three central concepts of classical sociology, each realting to a different way of looking at the relationship between biograpy, history, and social structure, and each serving to define the broad approaches adopted by three founding prominent founding figures in sociology- Marx, Weber, and Durkheim.
Write an essay on how these concepts were employed in classical sociology, and the ways that they were used to analyze society, The division of labor, and our social reality. Makw analysis as concrete as possible. Develop each concepts.
Explore the specific ways that these theorists used these concepts and how these concepts relate to their work as a whole. Compare and contrast the theorists and their concepts.
SOURCES:
1. The Marx-Engel Reader by Robert C. Tucker
2. Weber: Selections in Translation by W.G Runciman
3. Readings from Emilie Durkheim (revised edition) by Kenneth Thompson


