Classical Sociological Theory

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ID5778635
AuthorsBert N Adams, Bert Adams, R A Sydie, R Sydie
Year2002
Publication date2002-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueClassical Sociological Theory (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherSAGE Publications, Inc. (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4135/9781452233864
OpenAlexW34465010
ISBN9781452233864
LanguageEN
Citations received30

Preface A Note to Students SECTION I. THE EUROPEAN ROOTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 1. The Origins of Sociological Theory The Contours of Sociological Theory The Philosophical Precursors of Sociology Final Thoughts on the Philosophical Precursors References 2. Theorizing After the Revolution Claude-Henri, Comte de Saint-Simon (1760-1825) Auguste Comte (1798-1857) Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) Final Thoughts References SECTION II. CONSERVATIVE THEORIES 3. Evolutionism and Functionalism Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) William Graham Sumner (1840-1910) Final Thoughts References 4. Society as Sui Generis Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) Final Thoughts References SECTION III. RADICAL THEORY 5. Radical Anticapitalism Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) Final Thoughts References 6. Marxism Extended V.I. Lenin (1870-1924) Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) Final Thoughts References SECTION IV. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF COMPLEXITY AND FORM 7. Social Action and Social Complexity Max Weber (1864-1920) and Marianne Weber (1870-1954) Final Thoughts References 8. The Sociology of Form and Content Georg Simmel (1858-1918) Final Thoughts References SECTION V. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS 9. Political Sociological Theories Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923) Robert Michels (1876-1936) Final Thoughts References 10. Economic Sociological Theories Thorstein Veblen, (1857-1929) Joseph Schumpeter, (1883-1950) Final Thoughts References SECTION VI. OTHER VOICES IN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIZING 11. Society and Gender Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) Beatrice Potter Webb (1858-1943) Final Thoughts References 12. Sociological Theory and Race W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) Final Thoughts References 13. Society, Self, and Mind Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Final Thoughts References 14. Final Thoughts on Classical Sociological Theory Nineteenth-Century Sociological Theory Early Twentieth-Century Sociological Theory Other Theoretical Issues Sociological Theory by the 1930s References Credits Index

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