Classical Sociological Theory

by Calhoun, Craig; Gerteis, Joseph; Moody, James; Pfaff, Steven; Virk, Indermohan

• ISBN13: 9780470655672
• ISBN10: 0470655674
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-17
• 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 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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