Classical Sociological Theory, 4e & Contemporary Sociological Theory, 4e Set

Get Classical Sociological Theory, Fourth Edition and Contemporary Sociological Theory, Fourth Edition in a combined set This combined set includes the newly revised fourth edition of two world-class introductions to sociological debates: Classical Sociological Theory and Contemporary Sociological Theory. For a generation of students, these two anthologies have provided a definitive guide to the theoretical foundations of sociology and the continuing impact of early theorists, as well as a thorough introduction to current perspectives and approaches in sociology and social science. Classical Sociological Theories features readings by leading scholars like Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton, also including the most influential theories arising out of the Enlightenment era and the work of de Tocqueville. Contemporary Sociological Theories offers in-depth yet accessible sources that examine micro-sociological analysis, symbolic interactionism, network theory, phenomenology, critical theory, structuralism, feminist theory, debates over modernity and postmodernity, and more. This set is the most accessible and complete overview of sociological theory available. Both volumes: Feature a collection of readings carefully selected based on their theoretical sophistication and accessibility Present substantial primary source texts with detailed introductions, rather than brief excerpts and basic overviews Provide historical and intellectual perspective to each selected reading in the book Include extensive references to further readings and resources Ideal for undergraduate courses in social and sociological theory as well as courses in wider social science programs such as human geography, anthropology, criminology, and urban studies, Classical Sociological Theory and Contemporary Sociological Theory, together offer a perfect combination for a thorough overview of sociological theory. Each volume can be purchased on its own or in a set with the textbook.

Table of Contents:
Classical Sociological Theory, 4th Edition TOC: Notes on the Editors ix Acknowledgements x General Introduction 1 Part I Symbolic Action 27 Introduction to Part I 29 1 The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (from The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life) 36 Erving Goffman 2 Symbolic Interactionism (from Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method) 51 Herbert Blumer 3 Interaction Ritual Chains (from Interaction Ritual Chains) 62 Randall Collins Part II Structure and Agency 77 Introduction to Part II 79 4 A Theory of Group Solidarity (from Principles of Group Solidarity) 88 Michael Hechter 5 Metatheory: Explanation in Social Science (from Foundations of Social Theory) 100 James S. Coleman 6 Catnets (from Notes on the Constituents of Social Structure) 112 Harrison White 7 Some New Rules of Sociological Method (from New Rules For Sociological Method) 123 Anthony Giddens Part III Institutions 129 Introduction to Part III 131 8 Economic Embeddedness 136 Mark Granovetter 9 The Iron Cage Revisited 145 Paul J. DiMaggio and Walter W. Powell Part IV Power and Inequality 161 Introduction to Part IV 163 10 The Power Elite (from The Power Elite) 172 C. Wright Mills 11 Durable Inequality (from Durable Inequality) 179 Charles Tilly 12 Power: A Radical View (from Power: A Radical View) 186 Steven Lukes 13 Societies as Organized Power Networks (from The Sources of Social Power, Vol I. A History of Power from the Beginning to A.D. 1760) 196 Michael Mann Part V The Sociological Theory of Michel Foucault 213 Introduction to Part V 215 14 The History of Sexuality (from The History of Sexuality, Vol I: An Introduction) 220 Michel Foucault 15 Discipline and Punish (from Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison) 229 Michel Foucault Part VI The Sociological theory of Pierre Bourdieu 237 Introduction to Part VI 239 16 Social Space and Symbolic Space (from “Social Space and Symbolic Space: Introduction to a Japanese Reading of Distinction”) 248 Pierre Bourdieu 17 Structures, Habitus, Practices (from The Logic of Practice) 257 Pierre Bourdieu 18 The Field of Cultural Production, or: The Economic World Reversed 270 Pierre Bourdieu 19 Rethinking the State: Genesis and Structure of the Bureaucratic Field (from Rethinking the State: Genesis and Structure of the Bureaucratic Field) 286 Pierre Bourdieu Part VII Race, Gender, and Intersectionality 297 Introduction to Part VII 299 20 The Theory of Racial Formation (from Racial Formation in the United States) 308 Michael Omi and Howard Winant 21 Intellectual Schools and the Atlanta School (from The Scholar Denied: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology) 318 Aldon D. Morris 22 The Paradoxes of Integration (from The Ordeal of Integration: Progress and Resentment in Americas “Racial” Crisis) 329 Orlando Patterson 23 The Conceptual Practices of Power (from The Conceptual Practices of Power: A Feminist Sociology of Knowledge) 337 Dorothy E. Smith 24 Black Feminist Epistemology (from Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment) 345 Patricia Hill Collins 25 Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex 354 Kimberle Crenshaw 26 Practicing Intersectionality in Sociological Research 363 Hae Yeon Choo and Myra Marx Ferree 27 The Politics of Erased Migrations 373 Rocio R. Garcia Part VIII The Sociological Theory of Jürgen Habermas 385 Introduction to Part VIII 387 28 Modernity: An Unfinished Project (from Habermas and the Unfinished Project of Modernity) 395 Jürgen Habermas 29 The Rationalization of the Lifeworld (from The Theory of Communicative Action Volume 2: Lifeworld and System: A Critique of Functionalist Reason) 401 Jürgen Habermas 30 Civil Society and the Political Public Sphere (from Between Facts and Norms: Contribution to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy) 417 Jürgen Habermas Part IX Modernity 431 Introduction to Part IX 433 31 The Social Constraint towards Self-Constraint (from The Civilizing Process: The History of Manners and State Formation and Civilization) 439 Norbert Elias 32 We Have Never Been Modern (from We Have Never Been Modern) 449 Bruno Latour 33 The Civil Sphere (from The Civil Sphere) 462 Jeffrey C. Alexander 34 Addressing Recognition Gaps: Destigmatization and the Reduction of Inequality (from American Sociological Review) 472 Michèle Lamont Part X Crisis and Change 487 Introduction to Part X 489 35 The Modern World-System in Crisis (from World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction) 498 Immanuel Wallerstein 36 Conceptualizing Simultaneity 510 Peggy Levitt and Nina Glick Schiller 37 Nationalism (from Nationalism) 519 Craig Calhoun 38 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (from Does Capitalism Have a Future?) 529 Michael Mann Index 544 Contemporary Sociological Theory, 4th Edition TOC: Notes on the Editors ix Acknowledgments xi General Introduction 1 Part I Precursors to Sociological Theory 25 Introduction to Part I 27 1 Of the Natural Condition and the Commonwealth (from Leviathan) 36 Thomas Hobbes 2 Of the Social Contract (from The Social Contract) 44 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 3 What is Enlightenment? (from Immanuel Kant, The Philosophy of Kant) 55 Immanuel Kant 4 The Wealth of Nations (from The Wealth of Nations) 60 Adam Smith Part II Liberal Theories of Social Order 71 Introduction to Part II 73 5 Influence of Democracy on the Feelings of the Americans (from Democracy in America) 83 Alexis de Tocqueville 6 Tyranny of the Majority (from Democracy in America) 102 Alexis de Tocqueville 7 What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear (from Democracy in America) 112 Alexis de Tocqueville 8 Society in America (from Society in America) 118 Harriet Martineau 9 “A Belated Industry” 126 Jane Addams 10 Freedom in a Complex Society (from The Great Transformation) 133 Karl Polanyi Part III The Sociological Theory of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 141 Introduction to Part III 143 11 The German Ideology (from The German Ideology, Part One) 154 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 12 Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1884 (from Collected Works, Vol 3) 158 Karl Marx 13 Manifesto of the Communist Party (from Collected Works, Vol 6) 168 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 14 Wage-Labour and Capital (from Karl Marx: Selected Works) 183 Karl Marx 15 Classes (from Collected Works, Vol 37) 191 Karl Marx 16 The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof (from Capital, An Abridged Edition) 193 Karl Marx 17 The General Formula for Capital (from Capital, An Abridged Edition) 198 Karl Marx Part IV The Sociological Theory of Emile Durkheim 203 Introduction to Part IV 205 18 The Rules of Sociological Method (from The Rules of Sociological Method) 211 Emile Durkheim 19 The Division of Labor in Society (from The Division of Labor in Society) 228 Emile Durkheim 20 The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (from Elementary forms of the Religious Life) 250 Emile Durkheim 21 Suicide (from Suicide: A Study in Sociology) 262 Emile Durkheim Part V The Sociological Theory of Max Weber 271 Introduction to Part V 273 22 “Objectivity” in Social Science (from The Methodology of the Social Sciences) 279 Max Weber 23 Basic Sociological Terms (from The Theory of Social and Economic Organization) 286 Max Weber 24 The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (from Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism with Other Writings on the Rise of the West) 296 Max Weber 25 The Distribution of Power within the Political Community: Class, Status, Party (from Max Weber: Essays in Sociology) 314 Max Weber 26 The Types of Legitimate Domination (from The Theory of Social and Economic Organization) 323 Max Weber 27 Bureaucracy (from Max Weber: Essays in Sociology) 331 Max Weber Part VI Self and Society 341 Introduction to Part VI 343 28 The Self (from Mind, Self and Society: From the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist) 348 George Herbert Mead 29 The Stranger (from Georg Simmel: On Individuality and Social Forms) 361 Georg Simmel 30 The Triad (from The Sociology of Georg Simmel) 366 Georg Simmel 31 The Metropolis and Mental Life (from Georg Simmel on Individuality and Social Forms) 372 Georg Simmel 32 The Souls of Black Folk (from The Souls of Black Folk) 381 W.E.B. Du Bois 33 The Damnation of Women (from W.E.B. Du Bois A Reader) 387 W.E.B. Du Bois Part VII Critical Theory 397 Introduction to Part VII 399 34 Traditional and Critical Theory (from Critical Theory: Selected Essays) 406 Max Horkheimer 35 The Culture Industry (from The Dialectic of Enlightenment) 418 Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno 36 One-Dimensional Man (from One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society) 430 Herbert Marcuse 37 “Reflections on Violence” 438 Hannah Arendt Part VIII Sociology of Knowledge 445 Introduction to Part VIII 447 38 Ideology and Utopia (from Ideology and Utopia) 451 Karl Mannheim 39 The Social Construction of Reality (from The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge) 462 Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann 40 The Phenomenology of the Social World (from The Phenomenology of the Social World) 471 Alfred Schutz Part IX Functionalism 483 Introduction to Part IX 485 41 The Position of Sociological Theory (from The Position of Sociological Theory) 491 Talcott Parsons 42 Manifest and Latent Functions (from Social Theory and Social Structure) 498 Robert K. Merton 43 “Social Structure and Anomie” 505 Robert K. Merton Part X Social Exchange 513 Introduction to Part X 515 44 Social Behavior as Exchange 520 George C. Homans 45 Exchange and Power in Social Life (from Exchange and Power in Social Life) 531 Peter M. Blau Index 543  

About the Author :
Craig Calhoun is University Professor of Social Sciences at Arizona State University, USA. He was previously Director of the London School of Economics and President of the Social Science Research Council. His most recent book is Degenerations of Democracy (with Dilip Gaonkar and Charles Taylor). Joseph Gerteis is Professor of Sociology and co-Principal Investigator of the American Mosaic Project at the University of Minnesota, USA. He is author of Class and the Color Line, and his research focuses on race, ethnicity, social boundaries and identities, and political culture. James Moody is Professor of Sociology at Duke University, USA, and Director of the Duke Network Analysis Center. He has published widely in the fields of social networks, methods, and social theory. His work focuses on the network foundations of social cohesion and diffusion, with an emphasis on tools and methods for understanding dynamic social networks. Steven Pfaff is Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, USA. He is the author of several books, including Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany and The Genesis of Rebellion. His research focuses on religion, politics and social change. Indermohan Virk is Executive Director of the Patten Foundation and the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. She works in the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs.