Social theory : classical and contemporary : a critical perspective / Berch Berberoglu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berberoglu, Berch, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Sociology--Methodology.

Sociology--Classification.

Physical Description:

ix, 293 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2017.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Classical social theory

Hegel on dialectics, the state, and society

Marx and Engels on social class and class struggle

Durkheim on society and social order

Weber on bureaucracy, power, and social status

Pareto, Mosca, and Michels on elites and masses

Simmel on social relations and group affiliations

Cooley and mead on human nature and society

Freud on the development of society and civilization

Adams and early women social theorists

Veblen on the leisure class and conspicuous consumption

Mannheim on ideology and utopia

Gramsci and Lenin on ideology, the state, and revolution

Kollontai on class, gender, and patriarchy

Du Bois and Frazier on race, class, and social emancipation

Contemporary social theory

Parsons, Merton, and functionalist theory

Mills on the power elite

Domhoff on the power structure and the governing class

Althusser, Poulantzas, and Miliband on politics and the state

Trimberger, Block, and Skocpol and neo-weberian theorizing

Homans on social exchange

The Frankfurt school of critical theory

Goffman and Garfinkel on dramaturgy, ethnomethodology, and everyday life

Wilson and Willie on race, class, and poverty

Feminist theory : yesterday and today

Wallerstein and world-systems theory

Theories of globalization

Therborn and Szymanski on contemporary marxist theory

Foucault on the diffusion of power

Harvey and Callinicos on postmodernism and its critique

Social movements and transformation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138125483

1138125482

9781138125490

1138125490

OCLC:

953525415