Preface | p. vii |
Acknowledgments | p. x |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Rise of the Classical Tradition | p. 7 |
Introduction to Part I | p. 9 |
The Idea of a Science of Society: The Enlightenment and Auguste Comte | p. 11 |
The Revolutionary Theory of Karl Marx | p. 22 |
The Promise of Sociology: Emile Durkheim | p. 36 |
The Ironic Social Theory of Max Weber | p. 48 |
Afterword to Part I | p. 61 |
Rethinking the Classical Tradition: American Sociology | p. 65 |
Introduction to Part II | p. 67 |
The Grand Theory of Talcott Parsons, Peter Berger, and Thomas Luckmann | p. 70 |
The Scientific Theory of Randall Collins and Peter Blau | p. 86 |
The Moral Sociology of C. Wright Mills and Robert Bellah | p. 97 |
Afterword to Part II | p. 113 |
Rethinking the Classical Tradition: European Theory | p. 115 |
Introduction to Part III | p. 117 |
The Critical Theory of Jürgen Habermas | p. 119 |
Stuart Hall and British Cultural Studies | p. 132 |
The Critical Sociology of Anthony Giddens and Pierre Bourdieu | p. 140 |
Afterword to Part III | p. 152 |
Revisions and Revolts:The Postmodern Turn | p. 155 |
Introduction to Part IV | p. 157 |
The Postmodern World of Jacques Derrida, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and Jean Baudrillard | p. 159 |
Michel Foucault's Disciplinary Society | p. 175 |
Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology of Postmodernity | p. 188 |
Afterword to Part IV | p. 197 |
Revisions and Revolts: Identity Politics and Theory | p. 201 |
Introduction to Part V | p. 203 |
Feminist Theory/Masculinity Studies | p. 205 |
Critical Race Theory/White Studies | p. 226 |
Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Theory/Heterosexual Studies | p. 239 |
Colonial Discourse Studies | p. 254 |
Afterword to Part V | p. 263 |
Revisions and Revolts: Theories of World Order | p. 267 |
Introduction to Part VI | p. 269 |
From Nation to Globe: David Held and Mary Kaldor | p. 271 |
Global Capitalism: Immanuel Wallerstein and Manuel Castells | p. 281 |
The Return of Empire? Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, David Harvey and Michael Mann | p. 290 |
Afterword to Part VI | p. 300 |
The Rise of Postdisciplinary Theory | p. 303 |
Introduction to Part VII | p. 305 |
Theories of "the Other" | p. 307 |
Intimate Life in the "West" | p. 318 |
Nationalism and the Crisis of Postcolonial Nations | p. 330 |
Afterword to Part VII | p. 342 |
Index | p. 345 |
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