Twenty Lectures Sociological Theory Since World War II / Jeffrey C. Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Jeffrey C., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1987]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents a series of lectures on issues in Sociology such as structural-functionalism, Parsons' theory, conflict theory, exchange theory, symbolic interaction, ethnomethodology, and Marxism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LECTURE ONE. WHAT IS THEORY?

LECTURE TWO. PARSONS' FIRST SYNTHESIS

LECTURE THREE. STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONALISM

LECTURE FOUR. STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONALISM IN ITS MIDDLE PHASE

LECTURE FIVE. THE THEORY OF SUCCESSFUL MODERNITY

LECTURE SIX. PARSONS' LATER THEORY

LECTURE SEVEN. THE REVOLT AGAINST THE PARSONIAN SYNTHESIS

LECTURE EIGHT. CONFLICT THEORY (1): JOHN REX'S STRATEGY

LECTURE NINE. CONFLICT THEORY (2): REX AND THE PROBLEM OF COERCION

LECTURE TEN. EXCHANGE THEORY (1): GEORGE HOMANS' INSIGHTS

LECTURE ELEVEN. EXCHANGE THEORY (2): HOMANS AND THE INDIVIDUALIST DILEMMA

LECTURE TWELVE SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM (1): PRAGMATISM AND THE LEGACY OF GEORGE HERBERT MEAD

LECTURE THIRTEEN. SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM (2): INDIVIDUALISM AND THE WORK OF BLUMER AND GOFFMAN

LECTURE FOURTEEN. ETHNOMETHODOLOGY (1): PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE LEGACY OF EDMUND HUSSERL

LECTURE FIFTEEN. ETHNOMETHODOLOGY (2): HAROLD GARFINKEL'S REBELLION AGAINST NORMS

LECTURE SIXTEEN. CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY (1): THE HERMENEUTIC CHALLENGE

LECTURE SEVENTEEN. CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY (2): CLIFFORD GEERTZ'S REBELLION AGAINST DETERMINISM

LECTURE EIGHTEEN. MARXISM (1): THE LEGACY AND THE REVIVAL

LECTURE NINETEEN. MARXISM (2): THE CRITICAL THEORY OF HERBERT MARCUSE

LECTURE TWENTY. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY TODAY

INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-231-89885-1

OCLC:

1100432829