Author: Craig Calhoun Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0470655674 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 578
Book Description
This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current influence on contemporary sociological debate. Explores influential works of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton Editorial introductions lend historical and intellectual perspective to the substantial readings Includes a new section with new readings on the immediate "pre-history" of sociological theory, including the Enlightenment and de Tocqueville Individual reading selections are updated throughout
Author: Robert Bierstedt Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 148327330X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 543
Book Description
American Sociological Theory: A Critical History discusses the history of American sociological theory by providing a selective and critical account of ten writers largely involved in the subject. Chapters 1 to 10 of this book are devoted to the contributions and investigations of ten acclaimed sociological theorists— William Graham Sumner, Lester Frank Ward, Charles Horton Cooley, Edward Alsworth Ross, Florian Znaniecki, Robert Morrison Maclver, Pitirim A. Sorokin, George A. Lundberg, Talcott Parsons, and Robert K. Merton. The sociological label, legacy of Spencer, normative taboo, American references, and the ""Holy Trinity"" (Marx, Durkheim, and Weber) are also elaborated in this text. This publication is a good reference for students and researchers conducting work on general sociological theory.
Author: Kenneth Allan Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 141299277X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 489
Book Description
In the Third Edition of Ken Allan's highly-praised Contemporary Social and Sociological Theory book, sociological theories and theorists are explored using a straightforward approach and conversational, jargon-free language. Filled with examples drawn from everyday life, this edition highlights diversity in contemporary society, exploring theories of race, gender, and sexuality that address some of today's most important social concerns. Through this textbook students will learn to think theoretically and apply to their own lives.
Author: Nicholas C. Mullins Publisher: New York : Harper & Row ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 356
Book Description
Thinking about theory; Past theories: the background of contemporary american sociology; Contemporary theories and theory groups: the changing scene.
Author: George Ritzer Publisher: SAGE Publications ISBN: 1506339409 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 442
Book Description
Contemporary Sociological Theory and Its Classical Roots: The Basics is a brief survey of sociology′s major theorists and theoretical approaches, from the Classical founders to the present.
Author: Thomas J. Fararo Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521437950 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 412
Book Description
This book sets out a generative structuralist conception of general theoretical sociology; its philosophy, its problems, and its methods. The field is defined as a comprehensive research tradition with many intersecting subtraditions that share conceptual components.
Author: Kenneth Allan Publisher: SAGE Publications ISBN: 1483356701 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 512
Book Description
Praised for its conversational tone, personal examples, and helpful pedagogical tools, the Fourth Edition of Explorations in Classical Sociological Theory: Seeing the Social World is organized around the modern ideas of progress, knowledge, and democracy. With this historical thread woven throughout the chapters, the book examines the works and intellectual contributions of major classical theorists, including Marx, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Martineau, Gilman, Douglass, Du Bois, Parsons, and the Frankfurt School. Kenneth Allan and new co-author Sarah Daynes focus on the specific views of each theorist, rather than schools of thought, and highlight modernity and postmodernity to help contemporary readers understand how classical sociological theory applies to their lives.
Author: Talcott Parsons Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317263758 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 889
Book Description
Never before published, American Society is the product of Talcott Parsons' last major theoretical project. Completed just a few weeks before his death, this is Parsons' promised 'general book on American society'. It offers a systematic presentation and revision of Parson's landmark theoretical positions on modernity and the possibility of objective sociological knowledge. Even after the passage of many years, American Society imparts a remarkably provocative interpretation of US society and a creative approach to social theory.
Author: Craig Calhoun
Author: Robert Bierstedt
Author: Kenneth Allan
Author: Nicholas C. Mullins
Author: George Ritzer
Author: George Ritzer
Author: Thomas J. Fararo
Author: Kenneth Allan
Author: Margaret M. Poloma
Author: Talcott Parsons