Classical Sociological Theory

by Ritzer, George

• ISBN13: 9780078026652
• ISBN10: 0078026652
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-19
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary

Written by one of the foremost authorities on sociological theory, this text gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major classical theorists and schools of sociological thought. The integration of key theories with biographical sketches of theorists and the requisite historical and intellectual context helps students to better understand the original works of classical authors as well as to compare and contrast classical theories.

Table of Contents

Biographical and Autobiographical Sketches

Preface

Introduction to Sociological

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years

Classical Sociological Theory

Alexis de Tocqueville

August Comte

Herbert Spencer

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Georg Simmel

Early Women Sociologists and Classical Sociological Theory, 1830-1930

W.E.B. DuBois

Thorstein Veblen

Joseph Schumpeter

Karl Mannheim

George Herbert Mead

Alfred Schutz

Talcott Parsons

References

Permissions Acknowlegments

Index

Acknowledgments

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