A number of sources have been referenced so frequently that abbreviations are relied upon for the sake of tidiness. I have also abbreviated some reference works such as encyclopedias and dictionaries the details of which are listed below.
| AJ |
Ancient Judaism, Max Weber (1952). |
| C |
Capital, Karl Marx. Vol. 1 ([1867] 1976); C, 2: Vol. 2 ([1884] 1978); C, 3: Vol. 3 ([1894] 1981). A reference to page 150 in Volume 3, for example, would appear as: (C, 3: 150). |
| C, 2 |
See above. |
| C, 3 |
See above. |
| CPE |
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, Karl Marx ([1859] 1970). |
| DOL |
The Division of Labor in Society, Emile Durkheim ([1893] 1984). |
| EFRL |
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, Emile Durkheim, translated by K. Fields ([1912] 1995). |
| EP |
Encyclopedia of Philosophy, (1967). A reference to page 150 in Volume 3, for example, would appear as: (EP, 3: 150). |
| ES |
Economy and Society, Vol. 1, Max Weber, (1978); ES, 2: Vol. 2. A reference to page 150 in Volume 2, for example, would appear as: (ES, 2: 150). |
| ESS |
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, edited by Edwin R.A. Seligman ([1930–1934] 1933–1937). A reference to page 150 in Volume 3, for example, would appear as: (ESS, 3: 150). |
| FMW |
From Max Weber, edited by Hans H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills (1946). |
| G |
Grundrisse, Karl Marx ([1857] 1973). |
| MECW |
Collected Works of Marx and Engels, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels ([1835–1895] 1975–2004). A reference to page 150 in Volume 44, for example, would appear as: (MECW, 44: 150). |
| PESC |
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber (1930). |
| PM |
The Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844, Karl Marx ([1844] 1964). |
| PR |
Elements of the Philosophy of Right, G.W.F. Hegel ([1821] 1991). |
| PS |
Phenomenology of Spirit, G.W.F. Hegel ([1807] 1977). |
| RC |
The Religion of China, Max Weber (1951). |
| RSM |
The Rules of Sociological Method, Emile Durkheim (1982). |
| S |
Suicide, Emile Durkheim ([1897] 1951). |
| SGS |
The Sociology of Georg Simmel (1950). |
| SL |
Science of Logic, G.W.F. Hegel ([1812] 1969). |