Sociological Theory in the Classical Era

Text and Readings

Laura Desfor Edles, Scott Appelrouth

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781506347820
• eBook ISBN: 9781544357614
• Edition: 4
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

Now available for the first time in both print and e-book formats

Sociological Theory in the Classical Era, Fourth Edition is an innovative text/reader for courses in classical theory. It introduces students to important original works by sociology?s key classical theorists while providing a thorough framework for understanding these challenging readings. For each theorist, the editors supply a biographical sketch, discuss intellectual influences and core ideas, and offer contemporary applications of those ideas. In addition to the seven major theorists covered, the book also connects their work to "Significant Others"—writers and thinkers who may have derived much of their own perspectives from Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Gilman, Simmel, Du Bois, and Mead.


Included with this title:

The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Brief Contents
• Detailed Contents
• Illustration List
• Table List
• Preface
• About the Authors
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Karl Marx (1818–1883)
• Chapter 3 Émile Durkheim (1858–1917)
• Chapter 4 Max Weber (1864–1920)
• Chapter 5 Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)
• Chapter 6 Georg Simmel (1858–1918)
• Chapter 7 W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963)
• Chapter 8 George Herbert Mead (1863–1931)
• Glossary and Terminology
• References
• Index