Sociological Theory

by Ritzer, George

• ISBN13: 9780078111679
• ISBN10: 0078111676
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-19
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

Written by one of the foremost authorities on sociological theory, this text gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major 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 and modern theorists as well as to compare and contrast the latest substantive theories.

Table of Contents

Classical Sociological Theory

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Georg Simmel

Modern Sociological Theory: The Major Schools

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years

Structural Functionalism, Neofunctionalism, and Conflict Theory

Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory

Systems Theory

Symbolic Interactionism

Ethnomethodology

Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories

Contemporary Feminist Theory

Recent Integrative Developments in Sociological Theory

Micro-Macro Integration and Agency-Structure Integration

From Modern to Postmodern Social Theory (and Beyond)

Contemporary Theories of Modernity

Globalization Theory

Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and the Emergence of Postmodern Social Theory

Appendix: Sociological Metatheorizing and a Metatheoretical Schema for Analyzing Sociological Theory

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