Explorations in Classical Sociological Theory

Seeing the Social World

Kenneth Allan, Sarah Daynes

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9781483356693
• Edition: 4
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483356709
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

Praised for its conversational tone, personal examples, and helpful pedagogical tools, the Fourth Edition of Explorations in Classical Sociological Theory: Seeing the Social World is organized around the modern ideas of progress, knowledge, and democracy.  With this historical thread woven throughout the chapters, the book presents a diverse selection of major classical theorists including Marx, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Martineau, Gilman, Douglass, Du Bois, Parsons, and the Frankfurt School. Kenneth Allan and new co-author Sarah Daynes focus on the specific views of each theorist, rather than schools of thought, and highlight modernity and postmodernity to help contemporary readers understand how classical sociological theory applies to their lives.  

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 Beginning to See A Sociological Core
• Chapter 2 Seeing Society for the First Time Herbert Spencer
• Chapter 3 Class Inequality Karl Marx
• Chapter 4 Diversity and Social Solidarity Émile Durkheim
• Chapter 5 Rationality and Organization Max Weber
• Introduction Another Sociological Core
• Chapter 6 The Modern Person George Herbert Mead and Georg Simmel
• Chapter 7 Seeing Gender Harriett Martineau and Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Chapter 8 Seeing Race Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois
• Chapter 9 Seeing Ahead Defining Moments in Twentieth Century Theory: Talcott Parsons and the Frankfurt School
• References
• Index
• About the Authors