This broad-ranging text offers an exciting and easily understood introduction to the theorists who have made a key contribution to the discipline of sociology. Its carefully formulated structure places the writers in their social and intellectual context, summarises the central issues dealt with in their work and sketches out the intellectual legacy they have left behind them. Graphically illustrating how these thinkers have shed light on how we think about society, the book aims to convey the spirit of openness intrinsic to the sociological enterprise.
Table of contents:
Introduction; ’R.Stones’
Karl Marx; ‘B.Jessop’
Max Weber; ’L.Scaff’
Emile Durkheim; ‘W.Pope’
Sigmund Freud; ’I.Craib’
George Simmel; ’P.Watier’
Herbert Blumer; ’K.Plummer’
Talcott Parsons; ’R.Holton’
Robert Merton; ’A.Sica’
Simone de Beauvoir; ‘M.Evans’
Norbert Elias; ‘J.Hughes’
Erving Goffman; ’R.Williams’
David Lockwood; ‘N.Mouzelis’
Harold Garfinkel; ‘J.Heritage’
Louis Althusser; ’T.Benton’
Jürgen Habermas; ’W.Outhwaite’
Pierre Bourdieu; ‘L.J.D. Wacquant’
Nancy Chodorow; ’K.Martin’
Arlie Hockschild; ’S.Williams’
Michel Foucault; ’L.Barth’
Stuart Hall; ’M.Barrett’
Anthony Giddens; ‘I.J.Cohen’
Conclusion; ‘R.Stones’
Table of contents:
Introduction; ’R.Stones’
Karl Marx; ‘B.Jessop’
Max Weber; ’L.Scaff’
Emile Durkheim; ‘W.Pope’
Sigmund Freud; ’I.Craib’
George Simmel; ’P.Watier’
Herbert Blumer; ’K.Plummer’
Talcott Parsons; ’R.Holton’
Robert Merton; ’A.Sica’
Simone de Beauvoir; ‘M.Evans’
Norbert Elias; ‘J.Hughes’
Erving Goffman; ’R.Williams’
David Lockwood; ‘N.Mouzelis’
Harold Garfinkel; ‘J.Heritage’
Louis Althusser; ’T.Benton’
Jürgen Habermas; ’W.Outhwaite’
Pierre Bourdieu; ‘L.J.D. Wacquant’
Nancy Chodorow; ’K.Martin’
Arlie Hockschild; ’S.Williams’
Michel Foucault; ’L.Barth’
Stuart Hall; ’M.Barrett’
Anthony Giddens; ‘I.J.Cohen’
Conclusion; ‘R.Stones’