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The Blackwell companion to major classical social theorists / edited by George Ritzer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology--Philosophy.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 436 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2003.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "The Blackwell Companion to Major Classical Social Theorists provides a comprehensive review of classical social theory. In original essays especially commissioned for this volume, leading experts and practitioners examine the life and work of 12 major theorists. Contributors discuss the social and intellectual context of the theorists' writings and offer an analysis of their impact over time. Each chapter balances systematic treatment of a particular theorist with personal interpretations of the theorist's work. Edited by a leading figure in social theory, this "Companion offers an indispensable resource and reference to the life and times of the thinkers who have tried to make sense of our social surroundings.
- Contents:
- Introduction: narratives, geistesgeschichtes, and the history of social theory / Douglas J. Goodman
- Auguste Comte / Mary Pickering
- Harriet Martineau / Susan Hoecker-Drysdale
- Herbert Spencer / Jonathan H. Turner
- Karl Marx / Robert J. Antonio
- Max Weber / Stephen Kalberg
- Émile Durkheim / Robert Alun Jones
- Georg Simmel / Lawrence A. Scaff
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman / Charles Lemert
- George Herbert Mead / Dmitri N. Shalin
- W.E.B. Du Bois / Charles Lemert
- Alfred Schutz / Mary Rogers
- Talcott Parsons / Victor Lidz.
- Notes:
- Originally published, together with The Blackwell companion to major contemporary social theorists, as The Blackwell companion to major social theorists in 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780470999899
- 0470999896
- Publisher Number:
- 99968136950
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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