Title:
Classical sociological theory
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Edition:
5th ed
Publication Information:
New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, 2008
ISBN:
9780073528175
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Summary
Summary
The fifth edition of Classical Sociological Theory by George Ritzer, one of the foremost authorities on sociological theory, gives readers a comprehensive overview of the major classical theorists and schools of sociological thought. Key theories are integrated with biographical sketches of theorists, and theories are placed in their historical and intellectual context. This helps students to better understand the original works of classical authors as well as to compare and contrast classical theories.
Table of Contents
| Chapter 1 A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years |
| Chapter 2 A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years |
| Chapter 3 August Comte |
| Chapter 4 Herbert Spencer |
| Chapter 5 Karl Marx |
| Chapter 6 Emile Durkheim |
| Chapter 7 Max Weber |
| Chapter 8 Georg Simmel |
| Chapter 9 Early Women Sociologists and Classical Sociological Theory, 1830-1930 |
| Chapter 10 W.E.B. DuBois |
| Chapter 11 Thorstein Veblen |
| Chapter 12 Karl Mannheim |
| Chapter 13 George Herbert Mead |
| Chapter 14 Alfred Schutz |
| Chapter 15 Talcott Parsons |
| Appendix: Sociological Metatheorizing and a Metatheoretical Schema for Analyzing Sociological Theory |
