Classical Sociological Theory

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SAGE Publications, 29.01.2002 - 384 Seiten

"This is an eminently lucid, readable, and comprehensive survey of classical sociological theory. Adams and Sydie provide thoughtful summaries and assessments of the works of dozens of social thinkers....By significantly broadening the cannon and devoting special attention to call, gender, and race, they bring theory up to date even as they take seriously the rich legacy of the past. I have never read a more exciting introduction to the theories of our discipline."
--Mustafa Emirbayer, University of Wisconsin, Madison

A concise, yet surprisingly comprehensive theory text, given the range of ideas, historical context, and theorists discussed. Unlike other books of the type, Classical Sociological Theory focuses on how the pivotal theories contributed not only to the development of the field, but also to the evolution of ideas concerning social life.

 

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The European Roots of Sociological Theory
1
Chapter 1 The Origins of Sociological Theory
3
The Contours of Sociological Theory
4
Ideology and Objectivity
5
Sociological Subjects
6
Research Traditions
7
The Philosophical Precursors of Sociology
8
Tradition and Modernity
9
Critique and Conclusions
193
Final Thoughts
194
References
195
Simmel
197
Georg Simmel 185801918
198
Simmels Central Theories and Methods
200
Nature of Society Humans and Change
202
Class Gender and Race
211

The Philosophes and the Enlightenment
11
Political Revolutions
12
Subjects and Citizens
13
Capitalism and Industrial Revolution
20
Order and Change
23
Science and Ethics
26
Final Thoughts on the Philosophical Precursors
28
References
29
SaintSimon Comte and Martineau
31
ClaudeHenri Comte de SaintSimon 17601825
32
Nature of Society Humans and Change
33
Class Gender and Race
34
Other Theories and Theorists
35
Critique and Conclusions
36
Auguste Comte 17981857
37
Comtes Central Theories and Methods
38
Nature of Society Humans and Change
41
Class Gender and Race
43
Other Theories and Theorists
44
Harriet Martineau 18021876
45
Martineaus Central Theories and Methods
47
Nature of Society Humans and Change
52
Other Theories and Theorists
53
Critique and Conclusions
54
Final Thoughts
55
References
56
Conservative Theories
59
Spencer and Sumner
61
Spencers Central Theories and Methods
64
Nature of Society Humans and Change
68
Class Gender and Race
73
Other Theories and Theorists
79
Critique and Conclusions
80
William Graham Sumner 18401910
81
Sumners Central Theories and Methods
82
Nature of Society Humans and Change
84
Class Gender and Race
86
Critique and Conclusions
87
References
88
Durkheim
90
Emile Durkheim 18581917
91
Durkheims Central Theories and Methods
93
Nature of Society Humans and Change
101
Class Gender and Race
107
Other Theories and Theorists
114
Critique and Conclusions
115
Final Thoughts
116
References
117
Radical Theory
119
Marx and Engels
121
Karl Marx 18181883 and Friedrich Engels 18201895
122
Marxs and Engelss Central Theories and Methods
125
Nature of Humans Society and Change
131
Class Gender and Race
133
Other Theories and Theorists
139
Critique and Conclusions
141
Final Thoughts
143
Lenin and Luxemburg
145
V I Lenin 18701924
146
Lenins Central Theories and Methods
148
Nature of Humans Society and Change
153
Other Theories and Theorists
155
Critique and Conclusions
156
Rosa Luxemburg 18711919
157
Luxemburgs Central Theories and Methods
158
Nature of Humans Society and Change
161
Other Theories and Theorists
162
Critique and Conclusions
163
Final Thoughts
164
Sociological Theories of Complexity and Form
167
Max Weber and Marianne Weber
169
Max Weber 18641920 and Marianne Weber 18701954
170
Webers Central Theories and Methods
173
Nature of Society Humans and Change
177
Class Gender and Race
187
Other Theories and Theorists
192
Other Theories and Theorists
217
Critique and Conclusions
219
Final Thoughts
220
Sociological Theories of Politics and Economics
223
Paretoand Michels
225
Vilfredo Pareto 18481923
226
Paretos Central Theories and Methods
227
Nature of Society Humans and Change
231
Class Gender and Race
233
Other Theories and Theorists
234
Critique and Conclusions
237
Robert Michels 18761936
238
Nature of Humans Society and Change
240
Class Gender and Race
241
Other Theories and Theorists
242
Critique and Conclusions
243
Veblen and Schumpeter
245
Thorstein Veblen 18571929
246
Nature of Society Humans and Change
248
Class Gender and Race
249
Other Theories and Theorists
251
Critique and Conclusions
253
Joseph Schumpeter 18831950
254
Schumpeters Central Theories and Methods
255
Nature of Society Humans and Change
258
Other Theories and Theorists
260
Critique and Conclusions
262
References
263
Other Voices in Sociological Theorizing
265
Gilman and Webb
267
Gilmans Central Theories and Methods
270
Nature of Society Humans and Change
273
Class Gender and Race
274
Other Theories and Theorists
277
Beatrice Potter Webb 18581943
278
Webbs Central Theories and Methods
279
Nature of Society Humans and Change
282
Class Gender and Race
283
Other Theories and Theorists
287
Final Thoughts
288
References
289
WEBDu Bois
291
WEBDu Bois 18681963
292
Du Boiss Central Theories and Methods
293
Nature of Society Humans and Change
299
Class Gender and Race
301
Other Theories and Theorists
304
Critique and Conclusions
306
References
307
Cooley Mead and Freud
310
Charles Horton Cooley 18641929
311
Nature of Society Humans and Change
315
Class Gender and Race
316
Other Theories and Theorists
318
Critique and Conclusions
319
Meads Central Theories and Methods
320
Nature of Society Humans and Change
324
Class Gender and Race
326
Other Theorists and Theories
327
Critique and Conclusions
328
Sigmund Freud 18561939
329
Freuds Central Theories and Methods
330
Nature of Society Humans and Change
333
Class Gender and Race
334
Other Theories and Theorists
338
Critique and Conclusions
339
References
340
Chapter 14 Final Thoughts on Classical Sociological Theory
342
Dominant Theories and Ideologies
343
Radical Theory and Ideology
344
Views of Change
345
The Self
346
Credits
347
Index
349
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Bert N. Adams (Ph.D., University of North Carolina) is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is a former President and currently a Fellow of the National Council on Family Relations. He has taught sociological theory extensively, both in East Africa and at the University of Wisconsin, and also teaches and writes on the sociology of the family. He is the author of several books, including the introductory textbook THE FAMILY: A SOCIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION, 5TH EDITION (Harcourt Brace 1995) and SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY (Pine Forge Press 2001). With David M. Klein, he served as co-editor of the Understanding Families Series with Sage, which produced 20 books between 1995 and 2002. He is well connected with family sociologists throughout the world.

R. A. Sydie has been professor of sociology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton for the past 30 years and is the current chair of the department of sociology. Her research interests include sociological theory, art and culture, and gender studies. Professor Sydie is the author of Natural Women, Cultured Men. Her latest research project involves a historical examination of sociological work on love and eroticism.

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