Classical and contemporary sociological theory : text and readings

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Classical and contemporary sociological theory : text and readings

Scott Appelrouth, Laura Desfor Edles

Pine Forge Press, c2008

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Bibliography: p. 838-848

Includes index

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Description

A unique hybrid of text and readings, this book combines the major writings of sociology's core classical and contemporary theorists with an historical as well as theoretical framework for understanding them. Laura Desfor Edles and Scott A Appelrouth provide not just a biographical and theoretical summary of each theorist/reading, but an overarching scaffolding which students can use to examine, compare and contrast each theorists' major themes and concepts. No other theory text combines such student-friendly explanation and analysis with original theoretical works. Key features include: * Pedagogical devices and visual aids - charts, figures and photographs - to help summarize key concepts, illuminate complex ideas and provoke student interest * Chapters on well-known figures, such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Parsons and Foucault as well as an in-depth discussion of lesser known voices, such as Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, WEB Du Bois, and Leslie Sklair * Photos of not only the theorists, but of the historical milieu from which the theories arose as well as a glossary at the back

Table of Contents

LIST OF IMAGES LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ABOUT THE AUTHORS PREFACE 1. Introduction PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 2. Karl Marx 3. Emile Durkheim 4. Max Weber PART II. CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY: EXPANDING THE FOUNDATION 5. Charlotte Perkins Gilman 6. Georg Simmel 7. W.E.B. Du Bois 8. George Herbert Mead PART III. TWENTIETH-CENTURY SOCIOLOGICAL TRADITIONS 9. Structural Functionalism Talcott Parsons Robert K. Merton 10. Critical Theory Max Horkheimer Theodor Adorno Herbert Marcuse 11. Exchange Theory George Homans 12. Symbolic Interactionism and Dramaturgy Erving Goffman Arlie Russell Hochschild 13. Phenomenology Alfred Schutz Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann PART IV. BROADENING SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 14. Feminist Theory Dorothy Smith Patricia Hill Collins Judith Butler 15. Poststructural and Postmodern Theories Michel Foucault Jean Baudrillard 16. Contemporary Theoretical Syntheses Pierre Bourdieu Jurgen Habermas Anthony Giddens 17. The Global Society Immanuel Wallerstein Edward Said REFERENCES IMAGE SOURCE INFORMATION INDEX

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  • NCID
    BA89776959
  • ISBN
    • 9780761927938
  • LCCN
    2007016622
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxv, 883 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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