Basic concepts in sociology /
Translated and with an introd. by H. P. Secher.
- New York : Philosophical Library, 1962
- 123 p. 21 cm.
First chapter of vol. 1 of the author's Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.
On the concept of sociology and the meaning of social conduct -- Characteristic forms of social conduct -- The concept of social relationship -- Types of social conduct : usage, custom -- The concept of legitimate authority -- Types of legitimate authority : convention, law -- The validity of legitimate authority : tradition, faith, law -- The concept of struggle -- Communalization and aggregation of social relationships -- Open and closed social relationships -- Accountability for social conduct : representation -- The concept of the corporate group and its types -- Types of authority in a corporate group -- The nature of administrative and regulatory authority in corporate groups -- The nature of organization : corporate organization, voluntary and compulsory association -- The concepts of power and domination -- Types of political and religious corporate groups.