Books by Mike Gane

Having taken over the leadership of the French school of sociology after the death of his uncle, Emile Durkheim, in 1917, Mauss, celebrated author of The Gift, re-launched the flagship journal, the Anne sociologique. Here are two of Mauss's most significant statements on the social sciences. The first, written with Fauconnet, outlines the methodological orientations of the school. The second examines the internal organization of sociology as a division of intellectual labor. The essays are of interest to anthropologists as well as sociologists for Mauss, like Durkheim, did not distinguish in detail the two disciplines.

Having taken over the leadership of the French school of sociology after the death of his uncle, Emile Durkheim, in 1917, Mauss, celebrated author of The Gift, re-launched the flagship journal, the Annee sociologique. Here are two of Mauss's most significant statements on the social sciences.

Presents Baudrillard's key concepts and examines his contribution to postmodernism, feminism, technology, art, war, time and politics

This accomplished book provides a peerless account of the French tradition. It provides an overview of French social theory; divides French social theory into three coherent cycles: positivist, anthropological and Marxist; and situates the discussions of individuals and schools in the relevant social and political contexts.

Offers an appraisal of Durkheim's method that argues that fundamental errors have been made in interpreting Durkheim. This book also argues that to understand 'The Rules' it is necessary also to understand the context of the French society. It establishes the real and unsuspected complexity of Durkheim's position.

Examines the connections between gender theory and lived gender relationships of some of the key social theorists - including Wollstonecraft, Enfantin, Comte, Marx, Engels, Mill, Nietzsche, Durkheim and Weber.

Auguste Comte is acknowledged as the founder of the science of sociology and the 'Religion of Humanity'. This work examines his sociological vision and shows that because he thought sociology should be reflexive, encyclopaedic and utopian, he considered topics: fetishism, polytheism, and the relations between sociology, science, and culture.

Drawing on several of Baudrillard's key writings which are still only available in French, Gane provides us with the essential guide to Baudrillard as cultural critic.