Sociological Theory (Paperback)  | Released: 09 Jan 2002

Table of ContentsPrefaceI. THE EUROPEAN ROOTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY: The Origins of Sociological TheoryTheorizing after the Revolution Saint-Simon, Comte, and Martineau II. CONSERVATIVE THEORIES: Evolutionism and Functionalism Spencer and Sumner Society as Sui Generis Durkheim III. RADICAL THEORY: Radical Anticapitalism Marx and Engels Marxism Extended Lenin and Luxemburg IV. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF COMPLEXITY AND FORM: Social Action and Social Complexity Max Weber and Marianne Weber The Sociology of Form and Content Simmel V. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS: Political Sociological Theories Pareto and Michels Economic Sociological Theories Veblen and Schumpeter VI. OTHER VOICES IN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIZING: Society and Gender Gilman and Webb Sociological Theory and Race W E B du Bois Society, Self, and Mind Cooley, Mead, and Freud VII. TWENTIETH-CENTURY FUNCTIONALISM AND BEYOND: Twentieth-Century Functionalism Parsons and MertonSystems, Structuration, and Modernity Luhmann and Giddens VIII. CRITICISM, MARXISM, AND CHANGE: Critical Theory The Frankfurt School and Habermas Marxism Since 1930 Poulantzas, Althusser, Dunayevskaya, and WrightSociocultural Change: Evolution, World System, and Revolution Service, Wallerstein, and Skocpol IX. TRANSITIONS AND CHALLENGES: Mid-Twentieth-Century Sociology Symbolic Interactionism Blumer, Goffman, and Hochschild Rational Choice and Exchange Coleman Feminist Sociological Theory Smith and Collins Knowledge, Truth, and Power Foucault and Feminist Responses Final Thoughts on Sociological Theory Index