Contemporary sociological theory

Author(s)

• Calhoun, Craig J.

Bibliographic Information

Contemporary sociological theory

edited by Craig Calhoun ... [et al.]

Wiley Blackwell, 2022

4th ed

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The new edition of the definitive undergraduate guide to contemporary sociological theory, with updated reading selections throughout The fourth edition of Contemporary Sociological Theory offers a thorough introduction to current perspectives and approaches in sociology and social science. Covering a broad range of essential topics, this comprehensive volume provides students with the foundation necessary for understanding the theoretical underpinnings of present-day debates in the diverse field. In-depth yet accessible readings address micro-sociological analysis, symbolic interactionism, network theory, phenomenology, critical theory, structuralism, feminist theory, and more. This classic text is fully revised to incorporate the most representative and up-to-date material, including new readings addressing debates on gender, power, and inequality. New editorial introductions clarify and contextualize the selected readings, while up-to-date examples highlight connections to today's theoretical discussions. This authoritative survey of contemporary sociological theory: Presents substantial primary source texts with detailed introductions, rather than brief excerpts and basic overviews Examines the sociological theories of Foucault, Giddens, Bourdieu, and Habermas Discusses debates over modernity and postmodernity, crisis and change, and race and difference Provides historical and intellectual perspective to each selected reading in the book Includes extensive references to further readings and resources Contemporary Sociological Theory, Fourth Edition provides the depth of coverage students require for undergraduate courses in social and sociological theory as well as courses in wider social science programs such as human geography, anthropology, criminology, and urban studies. In combination with its complement Classical Sociological Theory, Fourth Edition, Contemporary Sociological Theory remains the most complete overview of sociological theory available.

Table of Contents

Notes on the Editors ix Acknowledgements x General Introduction 1 Part I Symbolic Action 27 Introduction to Part I 29 1 The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (from The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life) 36 Erving Goffman 2 Symbolic Interactionism (from Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method) 51 Herbert Blumer 3 Interaction Ritual Chains (from Interaction Ritual Chains) 62 Randall Collins Part II Structure and Agency 77 Introduction to Part II 79 4 A Theory of Group Solidarity (from Principles of Group Solidarity) 88 Michael Hechter 5 Metatheory: Explanation in Social Science (from Foundations of Social Theory) 100 James S. Coleman 6 Catnets (from Notes on the Constituents of Social Structure) 112 Harrison White 7 Some New Rules of Sociological Method (from New Rules For Sociological Method) 123 Anthony Giddens Part III Institutions 129 Introduction to Part III 131 8 Economic Embeddedness 136 Mark Granovetter 9 The Iron Cage Revisited 145 Paul J. DiMaggio and Walter W. Powell Part IV Power and Inequality 161 Introduction to Part IV 163 10 The Power Elite (from The Power Elite) 172 C. Wright Mills 11 Durable Inequality (from Durable Inequality) 179 Charles Tilly 12 Power: A Radical View (from Power: A Radical View) 186 Steven Lukes 13 Societies as Organized Power Networks (from The Sources of Social Power, Vol I. A History of Power from the Beginning to A.D. 1760) 196 Michael Mann Part V The Sociological Theory of Michel Foucault 213 Introduction to Part V 215 14 The History of Sexuality (from The History of Sexuality, Vol I: An Introduction) 220 Michel Foucault 15 Discipline and Punish (from Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison) 229 Michel Foucault Part VI The Sociological theory of Pierre Bourdieu 237 Introduction to Part VI 239 16 Social Space and Symbolic Space (from "Social Space and Symbolic Space: Introduction to a Japanese Reading of Distinction") 248 Pierre Bourdieu 17 Structures, Habitus, Practices (from The Logic of Practice) 257 Pierre Bourdieu 18 The Field of Cultural Production, or: The Economic World Reversed 270 Pierre Bourdieu 19 Rethinking the State: Genesis and Structure of the Bureaucratic Field (from Rethinking the State: Genesis and Structure of the Bureaucratic Field) 286 Pierre Bourdieu Part VII Race, Gender, and Intersectionality 297 Introduction to Part VII 299 20 The Theory of Racial Formation (from Racial Formation in the United States) 308 Michael Omi and Howard Winant 21 Intellectual Schools and the Atlanta School (from The Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology) 318 Aldon D. Morris 22 The Paradoxes of Integration (from The Ordeal of Integration: Progress and Resentment in Americas "Racial" Crisis) 329 Orlando Patterson 23 The Conceptual Practices of Power (from The Conceptual Practices of Power: A Feminist Sociology of Knowledge) 337 Dorothy E. Smith 24 Black Feminist Epistemology (from Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment) 345 Patricia Hill Collins 25 Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex 354 Kimberle Crenshaw 26 Practicing Intersectionality in Sociological Research 363 Hae Yeon Choo and Myra Marx Ferree 27 The Politics of Erased Migrations 373 Rocio R. Garcia Part VIII The Sociological Theory of Jurgen Habermas 385 Introduction to Part VIII 387 28 Modernity: An Unfinished Project (from Habermas and the Unfinished Project of Modernity) 395 Jurgen Habermas 29 The Rationalization of the Lifeworld (from The Theory of Communicative Action Volume 2: Lifeworld and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason) 401 Jurgen Habermas 30 Civil Society and the Political Public Sphere (from Between Facts and Norms: Contribution to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy) 417 Jurgen Habermas Part IX Modernity 431 Introduction to Part IX 433 31 The Social Constraint towards Self-Constraint (from The Civilizing Process: The History of Manners and State Formation and Civilization) 439 Norbert Elias 32 We Have Never Been Modern (from We Have Never Been Modern) 449 Bruno Latour 33 The Civil Sphere (from The Civil Sphere) 462 Jeffrey C. Alexander 34 Addressing Recognition Gaps: Destigmatization and the Reduction of Inequality (from American Sociological Review) 472 Michele Lamont Part X Crisis and Change 487 Introduction to Part X 489 35 The Modern World-System in Crisis (from World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction) 498 Immanuel Wallerstein 36 Conceptualizing Simultaneity 510 Peggy Levitt and Nina Glick Schiller 37 Nationalism (from Nationalism) 519 Craig Calhoun 38 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (from Does Capitalism Have a Future?) 529 Michael Mann Index 544

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Details

• NCID: BC15769237
• ISBN:
  • 9781119527244
• LCCN: 2021055635
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hoboken, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 562 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 301.01
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sociology -- History
  • LCSH : Sociology -- Philosophy