Key Concepts in Classical Social Theory

Alex Law - University of Abertay, Dundee

Courses:
Classical Sociological Theory | Introduction to Political Theory | Introductory Sociology | Sociological Theory

January 2011 | 240 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

In Key Concepts in Classical Social Theory individual entries introduce, explain and contextualize the key topics within classical social theory. Definitions, summaries and key words are developed throughout with careful cross-referencing, allowing students to move effortlessly between core ideas and themes.

Each entry provides:

• Clear definitions

• Lucid accounts of key issues

• Up-to-date suggestions for further reading

• Informative cross-referencing

Relevant, focused and accessible, this book will provide students with an indispensible guide to the central concepts of classical social theory.

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Introduction: Classical Social Theory

Alienation

Anomie

Base and Superstructure

Bureaucracy

Capital

Civil Society

Class

Class, Status and Party

Collective Effervescence

Collective Representations

Commodity Fetishism

Conscience Collective

Division of Labour (Smith and Ferguson)

Division of Labour (Marx)

Division of Labour in Society (Durkheim)

Fashion

Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

Historical Materialism

Ideal-Types

Ideology

Legitimate Domination

Mechanical and Organic Solidarity

Metropolis

Mode of Production

Modernity

Money

Normal and Pathological

Positivism

Primitive Accumulation

Protestant Ethic and the 'Spirit of Capitalism'

Rationality and Rationalization

Sacred and Profane

Social Action

Social Facts

Social Forms and Sociation

Social Morphology

Social Space

Suicide

Totemism

Value Freedom

Verstehen

A well structured, and clearly and elegantly written introduction to classical sociological theory. The concepts are well explained and well organised.

Dr Stephen Brown

School of Applied Social Sciences, Brighton University

March 24, 2011

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