Classical and Contemporary Social Theory

ISBN-13: 9781032493817 / Twarda / 2024 / 672 str.

USA) Delaney Tim (State University of New York at Oswego

Opis

The second edition of Classical and Contemporary Social Theory provides wraparound coverage of the classical social theorists and influential sociological schools of thought in the contemporary period. 

Spis treści

Part I. The Classical Period of Sociological Theory  1. The Early Roots of Sociological Theory  2. Karl Marx  3. Emile Durkheim  4. Georg Simmel  5. Max Weber  6. Contributions from Women to Classical Social Theory  7. George Herbert Mead  8. Growing Diversity in American Sociological Theory: Lester Frank Ward, Thorstein Veblen and W.E.B. Du Bois  Part II. The Contemporary Period of Sociological Theory  9. Structural Functionalism and Neofunctionalism  10. Conflict Theory  11. Symbolic Interactionism  12. Social Exchange Theory and Network Analysis  13. Ethnomethodology and Phenomenology  14. Feminist Theory  15. Critical Theory  16. Postmodernism, Structuralism, Poststructuralism, Colonialism, Postcolonialism and Globalization  Part III. Consistent and Significant Themes in Sociological Theory  Chapter 17. Five Centuries of Social Theory

O autorze

Tim Delaney is Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego, specializing in social theory. A classically trained sociologist, Delaney has written and published 23 books, numerous book chapters toward edited works, journal and encyclopedia articles, and a variety of other academic publications throughout his career. Among his most recent books are The Diversity of Darkness and Shameful Behaviors and new editions of Beyond Sustainability: A Thriving Environment and The Sociology of Sports: An Introduction (both co-authored with Tim Madigan).