Classical Sociological Theory, 2nd Edition
by Editor: Craig Calhoun (New York University); Editor: Joseph Gerteis (University of Minnesota); Editor: James Moody (Duke University); Editor: Steven Pfaff (University of Washington); Editor: Indermohan Virk (Indiana University)Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-04-01
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current guideposts and reference points in contemporary sociological debate. A definitive guide to the roots of sociology through a collection of key writings from the founders of the discipline Explores influential works of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton Editorial introductions lend historical and intellectual perspective to the substantial readings Includes a new section with new readings on the immediate "pre-history" of sociological theory, including the Enlightenment and de Tocqueville Individual reading selections are updated throughout
Author Biography
Craig Calhoun is University Professor and Professor of Sociology and History at New York University, and President of the Social Science Research Council. Joseph Gerteis is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. James Moody is Associate Professor of Sociology at Duke University, North Carolina. Steven Pfaff is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. Indermohan Virk is Visiting Lecturer in Sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Table of Contents
| Notes on the Editors | p. viii |
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| General Introduction | p. 1 |
| Precursors to Sociological Theory | p. 17 |
| Introduction to Part I | p. 19 |
| Of the Social Contract [1762] | p. 28 |
| What Is Enlightenment? [1784] | p. 39 |
| The Wealth of Nations [1776] | p. 44 |
| Democracy in America [1835] | p. 55 |
| The Sociological Theory of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels | p. 73 |
| Introduction to Part II | p. 75 |
| Alienation and Historical Materialism | |
| The German Ideology [1845] | p. 82 |
| Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 [1844] | p. 86 |
| History and Class Struggle | |
| Manifesto of the Communist Party [1848] | p. 96 |
| The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte [1852] | p. 112 |
| Capitalism and the Labor Process | |
| Wage-Labour and Capital [1847] | p. 122 |
| Classes [1867] | p. 130 |
| The Sociological Theory of Emile Durkheim | p. 131 |
| Introduction to Part III | p. 133 |
| Society and Social Facts | |
| The Rules of Sociological Method [1895] | p. 139 |
| Solidarity and Modern Life | |
| The Division of Labor in Society [1893] | p. 158 |
| Origins of Collective Conscience | |
| The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life [1912] | p. 181 |
| Egoism and Anomie | |
| Suicide [1897] | p. 193 |
| The Sociological Theory of Max Weber | p. 203 |
| Introduction to Part IV | p. 205 |
| Method of Social Science | |
| "Objectivity" in Social Science [1904] | p. 211 |
| Basic Sociological Terms [1914] | p. 218 |
| Religion and Rationality | |
| The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism [1904-5] | p. 228 |
| Bureaucracy and Politics | |
| The Distribution of Power within the Political Community: Class, Status, Party [1914] | p. 247 |
| The Types of Legitimate Domination [1914] | p. 256 |
| Bureaucracy [1922] | p. 264 |
| Self and Society in Classical Social Theory | p. 275 |
| Introduction to Part V | p. 277 |
| The Self [1934] | p. 282 |
| The Stranger [1908] | p. 295 |
| Group Expansion and the Development of Individuality [1908] | p. 300 |
| Civilization and Its Discontents [1929] | p. 315 |
| The Souls of Black Folk [1903] | p. 323 |
| Critical Theory and the Sociology of Knowledge | p. 329 |
| Introduction to Part VI | p. 331 |
| Ideology and Utopia [1929] | p. 336 |
| Traditional and Critical Theory [1937] | p. 347 |
| The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction [1936] | p. 362 |
| The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception [1944] | p. 385 |
| One-Dimensional Man [1964] | p. 390 |
| Structural-Functional Analysis | p. 399 |
| Introduction to Part VII | p. 401 |
| The Position of Sociological Theory [1948] | p. 407 |
| Structural Components of the Social System [1951] | p. 414 |
| An Outline of the Social System [1961] | p. 421 |
| Manifest and Latent Functions [1957] | p. 441 |
| On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range [1949] | p. 448 |
| Social Structure and Anomie [1938] | p. 460 |
| Index | p. 471 |
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