Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 232 mm
Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 232 mm
ISBN: 978-0-205-51814-2
Verlag: PRENTICE HALL
This text provides a comprehensive examination of classical sociological theory by introducing students to the life, times, and ideas of the figures who have had the greatest influence on the development of the field. Each chapter focuses on one theorist and his 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.
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BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Ideology, History, and Classical Sociological Theory 2. The Nature and Types of Sociological Theory 3. (Isidore) Auguste Marie Francois-Xavier Comte 4. (David) Emile Durkheim 5. Herbert Spencer 6. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 7. Karl Marx 8. Max Weber 9. Georg Simmel 10. Sigmund Freud 11. Vilfredo Pareto 12. Thorstein Bunde Veblen 13. George Herbert Mead. 14. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 15. The Paradoxical Failure of Classical Sociological Theory: A Concluding Essay COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Ideology, History, and Classical Sociological Theory The Rise of Sociology Sociology as Science and as Value-Orienting Critique The Institutionalization of Sociology Enlightenment Philosophy and Classical Sociological Theory Social Evolutionism and Classical Sociological Theory Sociology and Problems of Modernity France: Revolution and Collectivism Germany: Disunity and Idealism Italy: City-States and Machiavellianism Britain: Industrialization and Utilitarianism The United States: Expansion and Voluntarism The Influence of Class, Race, and Gender on Classical Sociological Thought 2. The Nature and Types of Sociological Theory Theory and Social Life Positivism Interpretive Theory Critical Theory Sociology and the Causality of Fate Concluding Remarks 3. (Isidore) Auguste Marie Francois-Xavier Comte Background Ideas Significance 4. (David) Emile Durkheim Background Ideas Significance 5. Herbert Spencer Background Ideas Significance 6. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Background Ideas Significance 7. Karl Marx Background Ideas Significance 8. Max Weber Background Ideas Significance 9. Georg Simmel Background Ideas Significance 10. Sigmund Freud Background Ideas Significance 11. Vilfredo Pareto Background Ideas Significance 12. Thorstein Bunde Veblen Background Ideas Significance 13. George Herbert Mead. Background. Ideas. Significance. 14. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Background Ideas Significance 15. The Paradoxical Failure of Classical Sociological Theory: A Concluding Essay Classical Sociological Theory: The Heritage The Contemporary Appropriation of Classical Theory Classical Sociological Theory and Contemporary Academic Sociology Sociology and Postmodernity Concluding Remarks Appendix: Classical Theory on the Web Name Index
