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Classical Sociological Theory
by Calhoun, Craig; Gerteis, Joseph; Moody, James; Pfaff, Steven; Virk, IndermohanEdition:
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9780470655672
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Pub. Date:
1/17/2012
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current influence on contemporary sociological debate. 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
| Classical Sociological Theory | |
| Precursors to Sociological Theory | |
| Introduction to Part I | |
| âÇ£Of the Natural Condition & the CommonwealthâÇ | |
| âÇ£Of the Social ContractâÇ | |
| What is Enlightenment? | |
| "The Wealth of Nations" | |
| âÇ£The Theory of Moral SentimentsâÇ | |
| The Sociological Theory of Alexis de Tocqueville | |
| Introduction to Part II | |
| The Ancient Regime and the French Revolution | |
| Democracy in America | |
| âÇ£Influence of Democracy on the Feelings of the AmericansâÇ | |
| âÇ£Tyranny of the MajorityâÇ | |
| âÇ£Influence of Democratic Ideas and Feelings on Society" | |
| The Sociological Theory of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels | |
| Introduction to Part II | |
| Alienation and Historical Materialism | |
| The German Ideology | |
| Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 | |
| History and Class Struggle | |
| Manifesto of the Communist Party | |
| The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte | |
| Capitalism and the Labor Process | |
| WageâÇôLabour and Capital | |
| Classes | |
| The Sociological Theory of Emile Durkheim | |
| Introduction to Part III | |
| Society and Social Facts | |
| âÇ£The Rules of Sociological MethodâÇ | |
| Solidarity and Modern Life | |
| âÇ£The Division of Labor in SocietyâÇ | |
| Origins of Collective Conscience | |
| âÇ£The Elementary Forms of Religious LifeâÇ | |
| Egoism and Anomie | |
| âÇ£Suicide" | |
| Sociological Theory of Max Weber | |
| Introduction to Part IV | |
| Method of Social Science | |
| "ObjectivityâÇÖ in Social ScienceâÇ | |
| âÇ£Basic Sociological TermsâÇ | |
| Religion and Rationality | |
| âÇ£The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismâÇ | |
| Bureaucracy and Power | |
| âÇ£The Distribution of Power Within the Political Community: Class, Status, PartyâÇ | |
| âÇ£The Types of Legitimate DominationâÇ | |
| âÇ£BureaucracyâÇ | |
| Self and Society in Classical Social Theory | |
| Introduction to Part V | |
| George Herbert Mead | |
| âÇ£The SelfâÇ | |
| Georg Simmel | |
| âÇ£The StrangerâÇ | |
| âÇ£Group Expansion and the Development of IndividualityâÇ | |
| âÇ£The Dyad and the TriadâÇ | |
| Sigmund Freud | |
| âÇ£Civilization and its DiscontentsâÇ | |
| W. E. B. Du Bois | |
| âÇ£The Souls of Black FolkâÇ | |
| Thomas & Thomas | |
| âÇ£Definition of the SituationâÇ (or âÇ£Regulation of the WishesâÇ ? | |
| Critical Theory and the Sociology of Knowledge | |
| Introduction to Part VI | |
| Max Horkheimer | |
| âÇ£Traditional and Critical TheoryâÇ | |
| Walter Benjamin | |
| âÇ£The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical ReproductionâÇ | |
| Max Horkheimer and Theodore Adorno | |
| âÇ£The Culture IndustryâÇ | |
| Herbert Marcuse | |
| âÇ£One Dimensional ManâÇ | |
| StructuralâÇôFunctional Analysis | |
| Introduction to Part VII | |
| Talcott Parsons | |
| âÇ£The Position of Sociological TheoryâÇ | |
| âÇ£An Outline of the Social SystemâÇ | |
| Robert Merton | |
| âÇ£Manifest and Latent FunctionsâÇ | |
| âÇ£On Sociological Theories of the Middle RangeâÇ | |
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