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9780205319404

Sociological Theory: Classical Statements

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  • ISBN13:

    9780205319404

  • ISBN10:

    0205319408

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-01-01
  • Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

This text provides a comprehensive examination of classical sociological theory by introducing students to the individuals who created it. Each chapter focuses on one theorist and their ideas, organized into a social and historical perspective. Students will enjoy reading the background information on each theorist covered in the book. These include such interesting highlights as Comte's days in military school, the death of Durkheim's son in World War I, Spencer's inability to commit to marriage, and Hegel's illegitimate son. Taking a critical and reflexive approach, the text also discusses how classical theory affects sociology today.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Ideology, History, and Classical Sociological Theory
1(28)
The Rise of Sociology
1(2)
Sociology as Science and as Value-Orienting Critique
3(2)
The Institutionalization of Sociology
5(2)
Enlightenment Philosophy and Classical Sociological Theory
7(4)
Social Evolutionism and Classical Sociological Theory
11(4)
Sociology and Problems of Modernity
15(2)
France: Revolution and Collectivism
17(2)
Germany: Disunity and Idealism
19(1)
Italy: City-States and Machiavellianism
20(1)
Britain: Industrialization and Utilitarianism
21(2)
The United States: Expansion and Voluntarism
23(1)
The Influence of Class, Race, and Gender on Classical Sociological Thought
24(5)
The Nature and Types of Sociological Theory
29(18)
Theory and Social Life
29(3)
Positivism
32(5)
Interpretive Theory
37(3)
Critical Theory
40(2)
Sociology and the Causality of Fate
42(1)
Concluding Remarks
43(4)
(Isidore) Auguste Marie Francois-Xavier Comte
47(32)
Background
47(8)
Ideas
55(13)
Significance
68(11)
(David) Emile Durkheim
79(36)
Background
79(7)
Ideas
86(14)
Significance
100(15)
Herbert Spencer
115(38)
Background
115(11)
Ideas
126(17)
Significance
143(10)
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
153(32)
Background
153(9)
Ideas
162(9)
Significance
171(14)
Karl Marx
185(36)
Background
185(10)
Ideas
195(13)
Significance
208(13)
Max Weber
221(38)
Background
221(11)
Ideas
232(13)
Significance
245(14)
Georg Simmel
259(30)
Background
259(8)
Ideas
267(12)
Significance
279(10)
Sigmund Freud
289(32)
Background
289(8)
Ideas
297(10)
Significance
307(14)
Vilfredo Pareto
321(30)
Background
321(8)
Ideas
329(13)
Significance
342(9)
Thorstein Bunde Veblen
351(36)
Background
351(8)
Ideas
359(13)
Significance
372(15)
George Herbert Mead
387(40)
Background
387(13)
Ideas
400(14)
Significance
414(13)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
427(36)
Background
427(10)
Ideas
437(11)
Significance
448(15)
The Paradoxical Failure of Classical Sociological Theory: A Concluding Essay
463(16)
Classical Sociological Theory: The Heritage
463(2)
The Contemporary Appropriation of Classical Theory
465(2)
Classical Sociological Theory and Contemporary Academic Sociology
467(7)
Sociology and Postmodernity
474(3)
Concluding Remarks
477(2)
Appendix Classical Theory on the Web 479(4)
Name Index 483

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