TY - BOOK AU - Farganis,James(Editior) TI - Readings in social theory : the classic tradition to post-modernism SN - 0072300604 (acidfree paper) U1 - 301.01 PY - 2000/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Sociology N1 - pt. 1. The classic tradition. Karl Marx: Alienation, class struggle, and class consciousness -- Émile Durkheim: Anomie and social integration -- Friedrich Nietzsche: Reason and power -- Max Weber: The iron cage -- Georg Simmel: Dialectic of individual and society -- George Herbert Mead: The emergent self -- W.E.B. Du Bois: Double-consciousness and the public intellectual -- Karl Mannheim: Sociology of knowledge and the role of intellectuals. Part 2. Contemporary sociological theory. Functionalism -- Conflict theory -- Exchange theory -- Phenomenological sociology -- Symbolic interaction -- Feminist theory. Part 3. Modernity and post-modernism. Critical theory -- Post-modernism N2 - This highly regarded anthology of primary readings in sociological theory covers the major theorist and schools from classic to contemporary to modernist and postmodernist in a chronological organization. While designed to be a supplementary reader, its comprehensive coverage and excellent introductions make this book appealing as a main text for professors who want to encourage their students to read and interpret original sources without a traditional main text UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh023/99015563.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh023/99015563.html ER -