The Discovery of Society

by Collins, Randall; Makowsky, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780073404196
• ISBN10: 0073404195
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780077395490
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-30
• Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Summary

This classic text explores the lives and ideas of the social thinkers who have shaped and continue to forge traditions in sociology. Focusing on the great names in the field, it weaves biographical and conceptual details into a tapestry of the history of social thought of the 19th and 20th centuries. Written in a narrative style that is accessible and exciting, this text serves as an excellent supplement for courses in social and sociological theory, the history of social thought, the history of sociology, and introduction to sociology. .

Table of Contents

Introduction

Society and Illusion

The vicissitudes of nineteenth-century rationalism

The Prophets of Paris: Saint-Simon and Comte

Sociology in the Underground: Karl Marx

The Last Gentleman: Alexis de Tocqueville

Nietzsche's Madness

Do-Gooders, Evolutionists and Racists

Dreyfus' Empire: Emile Durkheim

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