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Classical Sociological Theory, Eighth Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the major theorists and schools of sociological thought from the Enlightenment roots of theory through the early 20th century. The integration of key theories with biographical sketches of theorists and the requisite...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ritzer, George (Author), Stepnisky, Jeffrey (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, [2021].
Edition:Eighth edition.
Subjects:
Sociology > History.
Sociology > Methodology > History.
Sociologists > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Introduction to Classical Sociological Theory: A historical sketch of sociological theory: the early years
  • A historical sketch of sociological theory: the later years
  • Part 2. Classical Sociological Theory: Alexis de Tocqueville
  • Auguste Comte
  • Herbert Spencer
  • Karl Marx
  • Emile Durkheim
  • Max Weber
  • Georg Simmel
  • Early women sociologists and classical sociological theory: 1830-1930
  • W.E.B. Du Bois
  • Thorstein Veblen
  • Joseph Schumpeter
  • Karl Mannheim
  • George Herbert Mead
  • Alfred Schutz
  • Talcott Parsons.