The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory
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The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory

  1. 170 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory

About this book

The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory explores the role that understandings of mind and brain played in the development of sociological theory. It isolates five key authors in the classical tradition and comprehensively explores their oeuvres for moments where they reflect on, engage with, and build from topics related to cognition, placing their work in contact with research today to critically determine areas of relevance, refutation, or revision.

Showing how understandings of mind, brain, and body grounded the production of early sociological thought, the book draws attention to the foundational role theories of cognition played in the emergence of sociology as a distinct field of study. With chapters on Comte, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Mead, The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory constitutes a novel and timely engagement with canonical social theory, extending its application to contemporary social life. It will therefore appeal to scholars of sociology and psychology with interests in classical social theory, cognition, embodiment, and sociality.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Series
  5. Title
  6. Copyright
  7. Dedication
  8. Contents
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 The Neurosociology of Auguste Comte
  12. 2 Subject, Object, Extension: Karl Marx and Distributed Cognition
  13. 3 The Ideal Brain: Reality, Concepts, and Expectation in Max Weber
  14. 4 Disciplined Cognition: Sense, Reason, and Morality in Émile Durkheim
  15. 5 The Body in Mind: Mead’s Embodied Cognition
  16. Conclusion
  17. Index