Classical Sociological Theory, 2nd Edition

by Editor: Craig Calhoun (New York University); Editor: Joseph Gerteis (University of Minnesota); Editor: James Moody (Duke University); Editor: Steven Pfaff (University of Washington); Editor: Indermohan Virk (Indiana University)

• ISBN13: 9781405148542
• ISBN10: 1405148543
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current guideposts and reference points in contemporary sociological debate. A definitive guide to the roots of sociology through a collection of key writings from the founders of the discipline Explores influential works of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton Editorial introductions lend historical and intellectual perspective to the substantial readings Includes a new section with new readings on the immediate "pre-history" of sociological theory, including the Enlightenment and de Tocqueville Individual reading selections are updated throughout

Author Biography

Craig Calhoun is University Professor and Professor of Sociology and History at New York University, and President of the Social Science Research Council. Joseph Gerteis is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. James Moody is Associate Professor of Sociology at Duke University, North Carolina. Steven Pfaff is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. Indermohan Virk is Visiting Lecturer in Sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Table of Contents

Notes on the Editors	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
General Introduction	p. 1
Precursors to Sociological Theory	p. 17
Introduction to Part I	p. 19
Of the Social Contract [1762]	p. 28
What Is Enlightenment? [1784]	p. 39
The Wealth of Nations [1776]	p. 44
Democracy in America [1835]	p. 55
The Sociological Theory of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels	p. 73
Introduction to Part II	p. 75
Alienation and Historical Materialism
The German Ideology [1845]	p. 82
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 [1844]	p. 86
History and Class Struggle
Manifesto of the Communist Party [1848]	p. 96
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte [1852]	p. 112
Capitalism and the Labor Process
Wage-Labour and Capital [1847]	p. 122
Classes [1867]	p. 130
The Sociological Theory of Emile Durkheim	p. 131
Introduction to Part III	p. 133
Society and Social Facts
The Rules of Sociological Method [1895]	p. 139
Solidarity and Modern Life
The Division of Labor in Society [1893]	p. 158
Origins of Collective Conscience
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life [1912]	p. 181
Egoism and Anomie
Suicide [1897]	p. 193
The Sociological Theory of Max Weber	p. 203
Introduction to Part IV	p. 205
Method of Social Science
"Objectivity" in Social Science [1904]	p. 211
Basic Sociological Terms [1914]	p. 218
Religion and Rationality
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism [1904-5]	p. 228
Bureaucracy and Politics
The Distribution of Power within the Political Community: Class, Status, Party [1914]	p. 247
The Types of Legitimate Domination [1914]	p. 256
Bureaucracy [1922]	p. 264
Self and Society in Classical Social Theory	p. 275
Introduction to Part V	p. 277
The Self [1934]	p. 282
The Stranger [1908]	p. 295
Group Expansion and the Development of Individuality [1908]	p. 300
Civilization and Its Discontents [1929]	p. 315
The Souls of Black Folk [1903]	p. 323
Critical Theory and the Sociology of Knowledge	p. 329
Introduction to Part VI	p. 331
Ideology and Utopia [1929]	p. 336
Traditional and Critical Theory [1937]	p. 347
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction [1936]	p. 362
The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception [1944]	p. 385
One-Dimensional Man [1964]	p. 390
Structural-Functional Analysis	p. 399
Introduction to Part VII	p. 401
The Position of Sociological Theory [1948]	p. 407
Structural Components of the Social System [1951]	p. 414
An Outline of the Social System [1961]	p. 421
Manifest and Latent Functions [1957]	p. 441
On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range [1949]	p. 448
Social Structure and Anomie [1938]	p. 460
Index	p. 471
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