The emergence of sociological theory. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jonathan H. Turner, Leonard Beeghley, Charles H. Powers.
• Other Names: Turner, Jonathan H; Beeghley, Leonard; Powers, Charles H; Turner, Jonathan H
• Contents: 1 The Rise of Theoretical Sociology; The Enlightenment and New Ways of Thinking; Early Sociological Theory, 1830-1930; The First Masters; Conclusion; 2 The Origin and Context of Auguste Comte’s Sociology; The Strange Biography of Auguste Comte; The Intellectual Origins of Comte’s Thought; Conclusion; 3 The Sociology of Auguste Comte; Comte’s Early Essays; Comte’s Course of Positive Philosophy; Critical Conclusions; 4 The Origin and Context of Herbert Spencer’s Thought; Biographical Influences on Spencerian Sociology; The Political Economy of ­Nineteenth-Century England; The Scientific Milieu of Spencer’s England; Spencer’s Synthetic Philosophy and the Sociology of Comte; Why Read Spencer?; 5 The Sociology of Herbert Spencer; Spencer’s Moral Philosophy: Social Statics and Principles of Ethics; Spencer’s First Principles; Spencer’s The Study of Sociology; A Note on Spencer’s Descriptive Sociology; Spencer’s Principles of Sociology; The Analysis of Societal Institutions; Critical Conclusions; 6 The Origin and Context of Karl Marx’s Thought; Biographical Influences on Marx’s Thought; G. W. F. Hegel and Karl Marx; Ludwig Feuerbach and Karl Marx; Adam Smith and Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx; 7 The Sociology of Karl Marx; The German Ideology; The Communist Manifesto; Capital; Critical Conclusions; 8 The Origin and Context of Max Weber’s Thought; Biographical Influences on Weber’s Thought; The Early Years; Karl Marx and Max Weber; The Methodenstreit and Max Weber; Wilhelm Dilthey and Max Weber; Heinrich Rickert and Max Weber; Weber’s Theoretical Synthesis; 9 The Sociology of Max Weber; Weber’s Methodology of the Social Sciences; Weber’s Image of Social Organization; Weber’s Analysis of Domination; Weber on Capitalism and Rationalization; Weber’s Study of Religion; Weber’s Outline of the Social System; Critical Conclusions; 10 The Origin and Context of Georg Simmel’s Thought; Biographical Influences on Simmel’s Thought; Intellectual Influences on Simmel’s Thought; The Enigmatic Simmel; 11 The Sociology of Georg Simmel; Simmel’s Methodological Approach to the Study of Society; The Web of Group Affiliations; Conflict; The Philosophy of Money; Critical Conclusions; 12 The Origin and Context of Émile Durkheim’s Thought; Biographical Influences on Durkheim’s Thought; Charles Montesquieu and Durkheim; Jean Jacques Rousseau and Durkheim; Auguste Comte and Durkheim; Alexis de Tocqueville and Durkheim; Herbert Spencer and Durkheim; Karl Marx and Durkheim; Anticipating Durkheimian Sociology; 13 The Sociology of Émile Durkheim; The Division of Labor in Society; The Rules of the Sociological Method; Suicide; The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life; A Science of “Morality”; Critical Conclusions; 14 The Origin and Context of George Herbert Mead’s Thought; Biographical Influences on Mead’s Thought; Mead’s Synthesis of Schools of Thought; Wilhelm Wundt and Mead; William James and Mead; Charles Horton Cooley and Mead; John Dewey and Mead; Mead’s Synthesis; 15 The Sociology of George Herbert Mead; Mead’s Broader Philosophy; Mind, Self, and Society; The Philosophy of the Act; Critical Conclusions; 16 The Emergence of Contemporary Theoretical Perspective; Nine Theoretical Traditions and Perspectives; Conclusion;
• Edition: 7th ed
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (520 pages)
• Subjects: 301.0973; Sociology -- History; Sociology -- United States -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452278865; 1452278865
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