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Classical Sociological Theory
First Edition
- Bert N. Adams - University of Wisconsin - Madison, Chile, University of Wisconsin, USA
- R A Sydie - University of Alberta - Edmonton, Canada
Other Titles in:
Social Theory
Social Theory
384 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The popular Pine Forge Press textbook, Sociological Theory, has been broken into two volumes, to meet the needs of lecturers and students. This first volume, Classical Sociological Theory, covers the development of social thought up to the 1930s. The treatment of individual theories and theorists is balanced with the development of key themes and ideas about social life, including race, class and gender.
Preface
A Note to Students
SECTION I. THE EUROPEAN ROOTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
1. The Origins of Sociological Theory
2. Theorizing After the Revolution
SECTION II. CONSERVATIVE THEORIES
3. Evolutionism and Functionalism
4. Society as Sui Generis
SECTION III. RADICAL THEORY
5. Radical Anticapitalism
6. Marxism Extended
SECTION IV. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF COMPLEXITY AND FORM
7. Social Action and Social Complexity
8. The Sociology of Form and Content
SECTION V. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS
9. Political Sociological Theories
10. Economic Sociological Theories
SECTION VI. OTHER VOICES IN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIZING
11. Society and Gender
12. Sociological Theory and Race
13. Society, Self, and Mind
14. Final Thoughts on Classical Sociological Theory
Credits
Index
"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."
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Provides a unique approach to classical social theory missing from majority of texts on the market.
Sociology , Nipissing Univ
July 12, 2011
