Argues that classical social theory has its intellectual and moral roots in classical Greece.Winner CHOICE 2003 Outstanding Academic Title“McCarthy’s … erudition may very well render this work a contemporary classic in the continuing discussion of a maturing discipline.” ― CHOICEThis work relocates the origins of nineteenth-century social theory in classical Greece and focuses on three figures: Karl Marx, Max Weber, and Émile Durkheim, all of whom wrote dissertations on the culture and structure of ancient society. Greek philosophy, art, and politics inspired their ideas, stirred their imaginations, and defined their intellectual horizons. McCarthy rediscovers the forgotten dreams and classical horizons of these European social theorists and uncovers the close connections between sociology and philosophy, offering new insights into the methods, theories, and approaches of modern social science.

Classical Horizons: The Origins of Sociology in Ancient Greece

Politics & Social Sciences

McCarthy, George E.

Sociology

State Univ of New York Pr

<p>Argues that classical social theory has its intellectual and moral roots in classical Greece.</p>

History

Ancient Civilizations

State University of New York Press

Marx and the Ancients is the first book-length treatment to detail the relationship between classical Greek philosophy and Karl Marx's critique of political economy. From his dissertation on the physics and astronomy of Epicurus and Democritus to his later economic writings, Marx's view of the classical polis left its mark. George McCarthy argues that this forgotten element in Marx's thought helps clarify his positions on ethics and social justice.

Marx and the Ancients

Philosophy

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Romancing Antiquity: German Critique of the Enlightenment from Weber to Habermas

In this unique and comprehensive book, George McCarthy examines the influence of Greek philosophy, literature, arts, and politics on the development of twentieth-century German social thought. McCarthy demonstrates that the classical spirit vitalized thinkers such as Weber, Heidegger, Freud, Marcuse, Arendt, Gadamer, and Habermas. With the romancing of antiquity, they transformed their understanding of the modern self, political community, and Enlightenment rationality. By viewing contemporary social theory from the framework of the classical world, McCarthy argues, we are capable of thinking beyond the limits of modernity to new possibilities of human reason, science, beauty, and social justice.

A sociologist and a church historian provide a probing scholarly critique of Economic Justice for All, the American bishops' pastoral letter on Catholicism and the U.S. economy.McCarthy and Rhodes examine the letter's focus on poverty, inequality, and powerlessness in American society. They review classical concepts of social ethics and economic justice as applied by the bishops to analyze the social, political, and economic institutions of America. By examining reactions to the letter from both the political left and right, Eclipse of Justice opens up the full range of debate about the nature of social ethics.The first part of Eclipse of Justice presents the moral dilemma created by the bishops' critique of liberalism (they pronounced it a "social and moral scandal") and explores the antecedents--papal, episcopal, and lay--that provided the ideas and vocabulary for the bishops' letter. The second part analyzes the pastoral letter and locates it within the larger context of debates about economic structures in modern liberalism. The third part examines attempts of the bishops to relate Christian social doctrine to international political and economic issues, and probes the contributions of liberation theology and dependency theory.

Eclipse of Justice: Ethics, Economics, and the Lost Traditions of American Catholicism

RHODES, ROYAL W.

Orbis Books

Dreams in Exile: Rediscovering Science and Ethics in Nineteenth-Century Social Theory

Examines the influence of Aristotle and Kant on the nineteenth-century social theory of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.

Examines the influence of Aristotle and Kant on the nineteenth-century social theory of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.The classical origins of nineteenth-century social theory are illuminated in this sequel to the award-winning Classical Horizons: The Origins of Sociology in Ancient Greece. George E. McCarthy stresses the importance of Aristotle and Kant in the creation of a new type of social science in the nineteenth century that represented a critical reaction to Enlightenment rationality and modern liberalism. The seminal social theorists Marx, Durkheim, and Weber integrated Aristotle’s theory of moral economy and practical wisdom (phronesis) with Kant’s theory of knowledge and moral autonomy. The resulting social theories, uniquely supported by a view of practical science that wove together science and ethics, proved instrumental to the development of modern sociology and anthropology.

A sociologist and a church historian provide a probling scholarly critique of Economic Justice for All, the American bishops' pastoral letter on Catholicism and the U.S. economy. McCarthy and Rhodes examine the letter's focus on poverty, inequality, and powerlessness in American society. They review classical concepts of social ethics and economic justice as applied by the bishops to analyze the social, political, and economic institutions of American. By examining reactions to the letter from both the political left and right, Eclipse of Justice opens up the full range of debate about the nature of social ethics. The first part of Eclipse of Justice presents the moral dilemma created by the bishops' critique of liberalism (they pronounced it a "social and moral scandal") and explores the antecedents--papal, episcipal, and lay--that provided the ideas and vocabulary for the bishops' letter. The second part analyzes the pastoral letter and locates it within the larger context of debates about economic structures in modern liberalism. The third part examines attempts of the bishops to relate Christian social doctrine to international political and economic issues, and probes the contributions of liberation theology and dependency theory.

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Wipf and Stock

<p>In Marx and Social Justice, George E. McCarthy presents a detailed and comprehensive overview of the ethical, political, and economic foundations of Marx’s theory of social justice in his early and later writings. What is distinctive about Marx's theory is that he rejects the views of justice in liberalism and reform socialism based on legal rights and fair distribution by balancing ancient Greek philosophy with nineteenth-century political economy. Relying on Aristotle’s definition of social justice grounded in ethics and politics, virtue and democracy, Marx applies it to a broader range of issues, including workers’ control and creativity, producer associations, human rights and human needs, fairness and reciprocity in exchange, wealth distribution, political emancipation, economic and ecological crises, and economic democracy. Each chapter in the book represents a different aspect of social justice. Unlike Locke and Hegel, Marx is able to integrate natural law and natural rights as he constructs a classical vision of self-government "of the people, by the people."</p>

Marx and Social Justice: Ethics and Natural Law in the Critique of Political Economy (Historical Materialism)

Business & Money

Economics

Haymarket Books

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Classical Horizons: The Origins of Sociology in Ancient Greece

Classical Horizons: The Origins of Sociology in Ancient Greece

Marx and the Ancients

Romancing Antiquity: German Critique of the Enlightenment from Weber to Habermas

Romancing Antiquity: German Critique of the Enlightenment from Weber to Habermas

Eclipse of Justice: Ethics, Economics, and the Lost Traditions of American Catholicism

Dreams in Exile: Rediscovering Science and Ethics in Nineteenth-Century Social Theory

Dreams in Exile: Rediscovering Science and Ethics in Nineteenth-Century Social Theory

Eclipse of Justice: Ethics, Economics, and the Lost Traditions of American Catholicism

Marx and Social Justice: Ethics and Natural Law in the Critique of Political Economy (Historical Materialism)