By studying how different societies understand categories such as time and causality, the Durkheimians decentered Western epistemology. With contributions from philosophy, sociology, anthropology, media studies, and sinology, this volume illustrates the interdisciplinarity and intellectual rigor of the “category project” which did not only stir controversies among contemporary scholars but paved the way for other theories exploring how the thoughts of individuals are prefigured by society and vice versa.

Contents include: Lullaby (F. Schubert) 12*; Lullaby (J. Brahms) 13*; Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 13, 3rd Movement (F. Seitz) 14*: Concerto No. 5 in D Major, Op. 22, 1st Movement (F.Seitz) 15*; Concerto No. 5 in D Major, Op. 22, 3rd Movement (F. Seitz) 16*; Concerto in A Minor, 1st Movement, Op. 3, No. 6, (A. Vivaldi/T. Nachez) 17*; Concerto in A Minor, 3rd Movement, Op. 3, No. 6 (A. Vivaldi/T. Nachez) 18*; Perpetual Motion, "Little Suite No. 6" (K. Bohm) 19*; Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043, Violins I & II (J. S. Bach) 20*; Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043, Violin II (J. S. Bach); Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043, 1st Movement, Violin I (J. S. Bach) * This number indicates the track number of the piano accompaniment for each corresponding piece.

Examines the rise of sociological thought from its origins in 18th century philosophy and political economy to its development in the classical sociology of Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Simmel, and in the modern paradigms of functionalism, interactionism, structuralism and critical Marxism.