{"product_id":"classical-sociological-theory-isbn-9781119527367","title":"Classical Sociological Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA world-class introduction to the historical and continuing impact of classical theory on sociological debate \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe latest edition of \u003ci\u003eClassical Sociological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e offers students a definitive guide to the theoretical foundations of sociology and the continuing impact of the ideas explored by early theorists, including Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton. The prestigious editors have integrated several readings on the most influential theories arising out of the Enlightenment era and the work of de Tocqueville. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders are introduced to seminal works in classical sociological theory by way of editorial introductions that lend historical and intellectual perspective to the included readings. The readings themselves have been selected based on their combinations of theoretical sophistication and accessibility. From analyses of self and society to examinations of critical theory and structural-functional analysis, \u003ci\u003eClassical Sociological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e remains the gold standard in classical theory readers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fourth Edition of this widely taught book includes: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSelections that trace the history of classical sociological theory, from its undisciplined roots to its modern influence on contemporary sociological debate \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReadings describing the “pre-history” of sociology, including ideas from the Enlightenment and de Tocqueville \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEditorial introductions that place selected works firmly in their intellectual, philosophical, and historical contexts for the benefit of the student \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA distinguished and scholarly team of editors with a wide and deep range of expertise \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for undergraduate and graduate students of social and sociological theory, \u003ci\u003eClassical Sociological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is also a thought-provoking resource ideal for use in courses taught in human geography, anthropology, criminology, and urban studies programs. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on the Editors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Precursors to Sociological Theory 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part I 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Of the Natural Condition and the Commonwealth (from \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e) 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Hobbes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Of the Social Contract (from \u003ci\u003eThe Social Contract\u003c\/i\u003e) 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-Jacques Rousseau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 What is Enlightenment? (from \u003ci\u003eImmanuel Kant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Kant\u003c\/i\u003e) 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eImmanuel Kant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Wealth of Nations (from \u003ci\u003eThe Wealth of Nations\u003c\/i\u003e) 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Liberal Theories of Social Order 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part II 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Influence of Democracy on the Feelings of the Americans (from \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e) 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Tyranny of the Majority (from \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e) 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear (from \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e) 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexis de Tocqueville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Society in America (from \u003ci\u003eSociety in America\u003c\/i\u003e) 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarriet Martineau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 “A Belated Industry” 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Addams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Freedom in a Complex Society (from \u003ci\u003eThe Great Transformation\u003c\/i\u003e) 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Polanyi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Sociological Theory of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part III 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The German Ideology (from \u003ci\u003eThe German Ideology, Part One\u003c\/i\u003e) 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1884 (from \u003ci\u003eCollected Works, Vol 3\u003c\/i\u003e) 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Marx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Manifesto of the Communist Party (from \u003ci\u003eCollected Works, Vol 6\u003c\/i\u003e) 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Wage-Labour and Capital (from \u003ci\u003eKarl Marx: Selected Works\u003c\/i\u003e) 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Marx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Classes (from \u003ci\u003eCollected Works, Vol 37\u003c\/i\u003e) 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Marx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof (from \u003ci\u003eCapital, An Abridged Edition\u003c\/i\u003e) 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Marx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The General Formula for Capital (from \u003ci\u003eCapital, An Abridged Edition\u003c\/i\u003e) 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Marx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Sociological Theory of Emile Durkheim 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part IV 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Rules of Sociological Method (from \u003ci\u003eThe Rules of Sociological Method\u003c\/i\u003e) 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmile Durkheim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Division of Labor in Society (from \u003ci\u003eThe Division of Labor in Society\u003c\/i\u003e) 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmile Durkheim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (from \u003ci\u003eElementary forms of the Religious Life\u003c\/i\u003e) 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmile Durkheim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Suicide (from \u003ci\u003eSuicide: A Study in Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e) 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmile Durkheim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V The Sociological Theory of Max Weber 271\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part V 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 “Objectivity” in Social Science (from \u003ci\u003eThe Methodology of the Social Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e) 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax Weber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Basic Sociological Terms (from \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Social and Economic Organization\u003c\/i\u003e) 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax Weber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (from \u003ci\u003eProtestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism with Other Writings on the Rise of the West\u003c\/i\u003e) 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax Weber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Distribution of Power within the Political Community: Class, Status, Party (from \u003ci\u003eMax Weber: Essays in Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e) 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax Weber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Types of Legitimate Domination (from \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of Social and Economic Organization\u003c\/i\u003e) 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax Weber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Bureaucracy (from \u003ci\u003eMax Weber: Essays in Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e) 331\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax Weber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Self and Society 341\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part VI 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Self (from \u003ci\u003eMind, Self and Society: From the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist\u003c\/i\u003e) 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Herbert Mead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Stranger (from \u003ci\u003eGeorg Simmel: On Individuality and Social Forms\u003c\/i\u003e) 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorg Simmel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 The Triad (from \u003ci\u003eThe Sociology of Georg Simmel\u003c\/i\u003e) 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorg Simmel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 The Metropolis and Mental Life (from \u003ci\u003eGeorg Simmel on Individuality and Social Forms\u003c\/i\u003e) 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorg Simmel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 The Souls of Black Folk (from \u003ci\u003eThe Souls of Black Folk\u003c\/i\u003e) 381\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW.E.B. Du Bois\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 The Damnation of Women (from \u003ci\u003eW.E.B. Du Bois A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e) 387\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW.E.B. Du Bois\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Critical Theory 397\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part VII 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Traditional and Critical Theory (from \u003ci\u003eCritical Theory: Selected Essays\u003c\/i\u003e) 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax Horkheimer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 The Culture Industry (from \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectic of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e) 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 One-Dimensional Man (from \u003ci\u003eOne-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society\u003c\/i\u003e) 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerbert Marcuse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 “Reflections on Violence” 438\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHannah Arendt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Sociology of Knowledge 445\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part VIII 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Ideology and Utopia (from \u003ci\u003eIdeology and Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e) 451\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarl Mannheim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 The Social Construction of Reality (from \u003ci\u003eThe Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e) 462\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 The Phenomenology of the Social World (from \u003ci\u003eThe Phenomenology of the Social World\u003c\/i\u003e) 471\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfred Schutz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX Functionalism 483\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part IX 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 The Position of Sociological Theory (from \u003ci\u003eThe Position of Sociological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e) 491\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalcott Parsons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Manifest and Latent Functions (from \u003ci\u003eSocial Theory and Social Structure\u003c\/i\u003e) 498\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert K. Merton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 “Social Structure and Anomie” 505\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert K. Merton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X Social Exchange 513\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part X 515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Social Behavior as Exchange 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge C. Homans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Exchange and Power in Social Life (from \u003ci\u003eExchange and Power in Social Life\u003c\/i\u003e) 531\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter M. Blau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 543\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Calhoun\u003c\/b\u003e is University Professor of Social Sciences at Arizona State University, USA and former Director of the London School of Economics and President of the Social Science Research Council.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Gerteis\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology and co-Director of the American Mosaic Project at the University of Minnesota, USA. His research focuses on race, ethnicity, and political culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Moody \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Sociology at Duke University, USA, and Director of the Duke Network Analysis Center. His work focuses on the network foundations of social cohesion and diffusion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Pfaff\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, USA. His research focuses on religion, politics and social change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndermohan Virk\u003c\/b\u003e is Executive Director of the Patten Foundation and the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University Bloomington, USA.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClassical Sociological Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable collection of theoretically sophisticated and accessible readings by influential thinkers like Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton. This updated anthology, now in its fourth edition, provides students with a solid understanding of classical theory’s place in the history of sociology and contemporary sociological theory, impacting the field today with new contents and ideas for critical reflection. The selected works include several readings that highlight the impact of Enlightenment concepts and the work of Alexis de Tocqueville on the early and undisciplined beginnings of sociological inquiry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis newly revised edition continues to contribute to the development of the discipline of sociology, making a thorough grasp of the thought-provoking and challenging material necessary to comprehend modern sociological research and theory. It also features accessible editorial introductions that places each reading in its intellectual, philosophical, and historical context. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith extensive references to further readings and resources, \u003ci\u003eClassical Sociological Theory, Fourth Edition\u003c\/i\u003e remains the leading resource for students of social and sociological theory, as well as those taking courses in human geography, anthropology, criminology, and urban studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988926775525,"sku":"NP9781119527367","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119527367.jpg?v=1761782082","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/classical-sociological-theory-isbn-9781119527367","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}