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The paper relates that Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber were "classical" sociologists, whose theories still have an effect on sociology today. The paper discusses how Marx's perspective was built to some degree from Hegel's ideas before him, building on Hegel's ideas "that the individual, society, and history are bound together in a complex and contradictory process (Tucker, 2002, p. 59). The paper notes that Marx's concept of society was that of participatory socialism (Tucker, 2002).

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"Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber were "classical" sociologists, whose theories still have an effect on sociology today. Marx's perspective was built to some degree from Hegel's ideas before him, building on Hegel's ideas "that the individual, society, and history are bound together in a complex and contradictory process (Tucker, 2002, p. 59). Marx's concept of society was that of participatory socialism (Tucker, 2002). Durkheim, by contrast, perceived of human beings as social creatures who were influenced social values, beliefs, and mores. His concept of society..."

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