Written by an author team that includes one of sociology's leading contemporary theorists, Sociological Theory gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought, from sociology's origins through the early 21st Century. Key theories are integrated with biographical sketches of theorists, and are placed in their historical and intellectual context.
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A complete overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought, from sociology's origins through the early 21st Century.
Biographical and Autobiographical Sketches
Preface
PART I Classical Sociological Theory
CHAPTER 1 A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years
Introduction
Social Forces in the Development of Sociological Theory
Intellectual Forces and the Rise of Sociological Theory
The Development of French Sociology
The Development of German Sociology
The Origins of British Sociology
The Key Figure in Early Italian Sociology
Turn-of-the-Century Developments in European Marxism
CHAPTER 2 Karl Marx
Introduction
The Dialectic
Dialectical Method
Human Potential
Alienation
The Structures of Capitalist Society
Materialist Conception of History
Cultural Aspects of Capitalist Society
Marx's Economics: A Case Study
Communism
Criticisms
Contemporary Applications
CHAPTER 3 Emile Durkheim
Introduction
Social Facts
The Division of Labor in Society
Suicide
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Moral Education and Social Reform
Criticisms
Contemporary Applications
CHAPTER 4 Max Weber
Methodology
Substantive Sociology
Criticisms
Contemporary Applications
CHAPTER 5 Georg Simmel
Primary Concerns
Individual Consciousness and Individuality
Social Interaction ("Association")
Social Structures and Worlds
Objective Culture
Secrecy: A Case Study in Simmel's Sociology
Criticisms
Contemporary Applications
PART II Modern Sociological Theory: The Major Schools
CHAPTER 6 A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years
Early American Sociological Theory
Sociological Theory to Midcentury
Sociological Theory from Midcentury
Late-Twentieth-Century Developments in Sociological Theory
Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity
Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century
CHAPTER 7 Structural Functionalism, Systems Theory, and Conflict Theory
Structural Functionalism
Systems Theory
Conflict Theory
CHAPTER 8 Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory
Economic Determinism
Hegelian Marxism
Critical Theory
Neo-Marxian Economic Sociology
Historically Oriented Marxism
Neo-Marxian Spatial Analysis
Post-Marxist Theory
CHAPTER 9 Symbolic Interactionism
The Major Historical Roots
The Ideas of George Herbert Mead
Symbolic Interactionism: The Basic Principles
The Self and the Work of Erving Goffman
The Sociology of Emotions
Criticisms
The Future of Symbolic Interactionism
CHAPTER 10 Ethnomethodology
Defining Ethnomethodology
The Diversification of Ethnomethodology
Some Early Examples
Conversation Analysis
Studies of Institutions
Criticisms of Traditional Sociology
Stresses and Strains in Ethnomethodology
Synthesis and Integration
CHAPTER 11 Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories
Exchange Theory
Network Theory
Network Exchange Theory
Rational Choice Theory
CHAPTER 12 Contemporary Feminist Theory
Feminism's Basic Questions
Historical Framing: Feminism, Sociology, and Gender
Varieties of Contemporary Feminist Theory
Feminist Sociological Theorizing
CHAPTER 13 Micro-Macro and Agency-Structure Integration
Micro-Macro Integration
Agency-Structure Integration
Agency-Structure and Micro-Macro Linkages: Fundamental Differences
PART III From Modern to Postmodern Social Theory (and Beyond)
CHAPTER 14 Contemporary Theories of Modernity
Classical Theorists on Modernity
The Juggernaut of Modernity
The Risk Society
The Holocaust and Liquid Modernity
Modernity's Unfinished Project
Self, Society, and Religion
Informationalism and the Network Society
CHAPTER 15 Theories of Race and Colonialism
Fanon and the Colonial Subject
Postcolonial Theory
Critical Theories of Race and Racism
Racial Formation
A Systematic Theory of Race
Southern Theory and Indigenous Resurgence
CHAPTER 16 Globalization Theory
Major Contemporary Theorists on Globalization
Cultural Theory
Cultural Differentialism
Cultural Convergence
Cultural Hybridization
Economic Theory
Political Theory
Neoliberalism
Other Theories
CHAPTER 17 Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodern Social Theory
Structuralism
Poststructuralism
Postmodern Social Theory
Criticisms and Post-Postmodern Social Theory
CHAPTER 18 Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century
Queer Theory
Actor-Network Theory, Posthumanism, and Postsociality
Affect Theory
Prosumption Theory
References
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781506337715
Publisert
2017-04-24
Utgave
10. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications Inc
Vekt
1550 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
177 mm
Aldersnivå
05, U
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
832