Classical Theory and Modern Studies Introduction to Sociological Theory

by Abrahamson, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780132192910
• ISBN10: 0132192918
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-12-10
• Publisher: Pearson

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Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Our Approach	p. 2
Modernization	p. 3
Post-Modern Relevance	p. 5
The Supporting Cast	p. 7
Endnotes	p. 16
Harriet Martineau	p. 18
Biography	p. 18
American Society	p. 20
How to Observe	p. 23
The Meaning of Cell Phone Use Among Poor Jamaicans	p. 25
In the Sick Room	p. 27
On Women	p. 30
Education and the Gender Gap in Income	p. 32
Marriage and Divorce	p. 33
Endnotes	p. 36
Karl Marx (1): Philosophical Analyses	p. 39
Biography	p. 39
Hegel and the Dialectic	p. 41
Religion	p. 44
Alienation and Private Property	p. 46
Money and Credit	p. 47
Alienation Among Service Workers	p. 51
Social Classes	p. 52
The Proletariat Revolution	p. 56
Class Position and Class Consciousness	p. 58
The Failure of Soviet Communism	p. 59
Endnotes	p. 60
Karl Marx (2): Economic Analyses	p. 62
Base and Superstructure	p. 63
The Value of Commodities	p. 65
The Circulation of Commodities	p. 66
The Fetishism of Commodities	p. 67
The Commodification Thesis	p. 69
Commodities and Identities	p. 71
The Accumulation of Capital	p. 72
The Army of the Unemployed	p. 73
Unemployment and Pretrial Incarceration	p. 75
Purchasing Labor-Power	p. 76
Surplus Value and Surplus Profit	p. 78
Crisis and Revolution	p. 79
Endnotes	p. 80
Max Weber (1): Conceptual Methodology	p. 82
Understanding Social Action	p. 84
Ideal Types	p. 86
Value Free	p. 87
Legitimacy and Validity	p. 89
Legitimacy and Permanence Among Hospitals	p. 92
Types of Legitimacy	p. 93
Charismatic Leadership During Crises	p. 96
Rational-Legal Bureaucracy	p. 101
Endnotes	p. 104
Max Weber (2): On Social Organization	p. 106
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism	p. 106
Are Protestants' and Catholics' Community Ties Still Different?	p. 113
The Decline of Households	p. 115
City Life	p. 117
City Size, Culture, and Helping Strangers	p. 119
Stratification	p. 120
The Different Effects of Class and Status	p. 125
Endnotes	p. 127
Emile Durkheim (1): Division of Labor and Elementary Religion	p. 129
Biography	p. 129
The Division of Labor	p. 131
Solidarity and the Collective Conscience	p. 133
The Threat of Physical Harm as a Deterrent to Crime	p. 136
Economic Hegemony	p. 137
Family Inheritance Patterns	p. 138
Anomie	p. 140
Elementary Religion	p. 141
Sacred and Profane	p. 143
The Profane Body and the Sacred Soul	p. 144
Collective Representations	p. 146
Collective Effervescence	p. 148
Social Emergence	p. 149
Endnotes	p. 150
Emile Durkheim (2): Rules and Suicide	p. 152
How to Observe	p. 152
Defining Social Facts	p. 155
Explaining Social Facts	p. 157
The Function of Keeping Women Out of War	p. 159
Functional Integration	p. 160
Defining Suicide as a Social Fact	p. 161
Social Integration and the Suicide Rate	p. 164
Social Fact or Social Construction?	p. 166
Marital Status and Gender	p. 167
Types of Suicide	p. 169
Endnotes	p. 171
Georg Simmel	p. 173
Biography	p. 173
Sociology as the Study of Form	p. 175
To Separate Others or to Unite Them	p. 179
The Stranger	p. 180
The Targets of Hate Groups as Strangers	p. 182
Webs of Affiliation	p. 183
Secrecy	p. 185
Women in Secret, Sexual Relationships	p. 188
Money	p. 189
Endnotes	p. 191
Index	p. 193
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