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Readings in social theory : the classic tradition to post-modernism

Contributor(s): Farganis, James. (Editior)Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2000Edition: 3rd EditionDescription: xii, 442 pISBN: 0072300604 (acidfree paper); 9780072300604Subject(s): SociologyDDC classification: 301.01 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Permanent Reference	Main Library Permanent Reference	Reference	301.01 REA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	006903
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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.

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.

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