Introduction to Sociological Theory Theorists, Concepts, and Their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century.

Introduction to Sociological Theory Theorists, Concepts, and Their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century.

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Main Author: Dillon, Michele
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2019.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Subjects:
Sociology > History.
Sociology.
sociology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Introduction to Sociological Theory: Theorists, Concepts, and Their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Boxed Features
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • How to Use This Book
  • Introduction: Welcome to Sociological Theory
  • ANALYZING SOCIAL LIFE
  • SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION AND THE ORIGINS OF SOCIOLOGY
  • THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
  • EVOLUTIONARY PROGRESS AND AUGUSTE COMTE'S VISION OF SOCIOLOGY
  • THE SOCIOLOGICAL CRAFT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  • SUMMARY
  • POINTS TO REMEMBER
  • GLOSSARY
  • QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
  • NOTES
  • THE GAP BETWEEN EXCHANGE-VALUE AND USE-VALUE
  • THE DIVISION OF LABOR AND ALIENATION
  • THE PRODUCTION PROCESS
  • ALIENATED LABOR
  • THE OPPRESSION OF CAPITALISTS
  • ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
  • INCOME DISPARITIES
  • MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO
  • IDEOLOGY AND POWER
  • EVERYDAY EXISTENCE AND THE NORMALITY OF IDEAS
  • FREEDOM TO SHOP
  • IDEOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION
  • THE MYSTICAL VALUE OF COMMODITIES
  • THE CAPITALIST SUPERSTRUCTURE
  • THE RULING POWER OF MONEY IN POLITICS
  • SUMMARY
  • POINTS TO REMEMBER
  • GLOSSARY
  • QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER TWO EMILE DURKHEIM (1858-1917)
  • DURKHEIM'S METHODOLOGICAL RULES
  • SCIENTIFIC SOCIOLOGY: THE STUDY OF SOCIAL FACTS
  • STUDYING SOCIAL FACTS AS THINGS
  • SOCIAL FACTS AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS
  • THE NATURE OF SOCIETY
  • COOPERATION AS THE KEY TO SOCIAL LIFE
  • THE CONSTRAINT OF SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS
  • AN ARMY OF ONE
  • CHANGE AND RESISTANCE
  • SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION AND SOCIAL COHESION
  • TRADITIONAL SOCIETY
  • THE SOCIETAL ABSORPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL
  • MECHANICAL SOLIDARITY
  • MODERN SOCIETY
  • SPECIALIZED DIVISION OF LABOR
  • SOCIAL INTERDEPENDENCE
  • THE DENSITY OF SOCIAL INTERACTION
  • ORGANIC SOLIDARITY
  • THE MORAL-SOCIAL BASIS OF CONTRACT
  • SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF SUICIDE
  • SUICIDE : A SOCIAL FACT
  • ALTRUISTIC SUICIDE
  • EGOISTIC SUICIDE
  • ANOMIC SUICIDE
  • ABNORMALITIES THAT THREATEN SOCIAL COHESION
  • ANOMIE THAT FOSTERS SOCIAL COHESION
  • RELIGION AND THE SACRED
  • SACRED THINGS
  • SACRED BELIEFS AND RITUALS
  • THE ASSEMBLING OF COMMUNITY
  • RELIGION AND SCIENCE
  • SUMMARY
  • POINTS TO REMEMBER
  • GLOSSARY
  • QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER THREE MAX WEBER (1864-1920)
  • SOCIOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL ACTION
  • CULTURE AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

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