Classical Sociological Theory
Eighth Edition
- George Ritzer - University of Maryland, USA
- Jeffrey Stepnisky - MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
April 2020 | 608 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop.
Classical Sociological Theory, Eighth Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought from the Enlightenment roots of theory through the early 20th century. The integration of key theories with biographical sketches of theorists and the requisite historical and intellectual context helps students to better understand the original works of classical authors as well as to compare and contrast classical theories.Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Part I: Introduction to Classical Sociological Theory
Chapter 1: A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years
Chapter 2: A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Later Years
Part II: Classical Sociological Theory
Chapter 3: Alexis de Tocqueville
Chapter 4: Auguste Comte
Chapter 5: Herbert Spencer
Chapter 6: Karl Marx
Chapter 7: Emile Durkheim
Chapter 8: Max Weber
Chapter 9: Georg Simmel
Chapter 10: Early Women Sociologists and Classical Sociological Theory: 1830–1930
Chapter 11: W. E. B. Du Bois
Chapter 12: Thorstein Veblen
Chapter 13: Joseph Schumpeter
Chapter 14: Karl Mannheim
Chapter 15: George Herbert Mead
Chapter 16: Alfred Schutz
Chapter 17: Talcott Parsons
References
Name Index
Subject Index
Supplements
Thank you. I liked the book and adopted.
Sociology Dept, Drexel University
March 13, 2024
An excellent survey of classical sociological theory with supplemental biographies of theorists in the textbook.
Social Sciences Dept, Univ Of Maryland Eastern Shore
December 14, 2020