Beschreibung:
This classic text explores the lives and ideas of the social thinkers who have shaped and continue to forge traditions in sociology. Focusing on the great names in the field, it weaves biographical and conceptual details into a tapestry of the history of social thought of the 19th and 20th centuries. Written in a narrative style that is accessible and exciting, this text is an excellent supplement for courses in social/sociological theory, the history of social thought, the history of sociology, and introduction to sociology..
Preface
Introduction: Society and Illusion
Chapter 1. The Prophets of Paris: Saint-Simon and Comte
Chapter 2. Sociology in the Underground: Karl Marx
Chapter 3. The Last Gentleman: Alexis de Tocqueville
Chapter 4. Nietzsche's Madness
Chapter 5. Do-Gooders, Evolutionists, and Racists
Chapter 6: Dreyfus's Empire: Emile Durkheim
Chapter 7: Max Weber: The Disenchantment of the World
Chapter 8: Sigmund Freud: Conquistador of the Irrational
Chapter 9: The Discovery of the Invisible World: Simmel, Cooley, and Mead
Chapter 10: The Discovery of the Ordinary World: Thomas, Park, and the Chicago School
Chapter 11: The Emergence of African-American Sociology: DuBois, Frazier, Drake, and Cayton
Chapter 12: The Construction of the Social System: Pareto and Parsons
Chapter 13: Hitler's Shadow: Michels, Mannheim, and Mills
Chapter 14: Erving Goffman and the Theatre of Social Encounters
Chapter 15: Cultural Capital, Revolution, and the World-System: The Theories of Pierre Bourdieu, Theda Skocpol, and Immanuel Wallerstein
Chapter 16: From the Code of the Street to the Social Structure of Right and Wrong: The Sociology of Elijah Anderson and Donald Black
Bibliographical Suggestions
Index