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Theoretical Sociology

1830 to the Present
  • ISBN-13: 9781452203430
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
  • By Jonathan H. Turner
  • Price: AUD $369.00
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  • Local release date: 11/10/2012
  • Format: Paperback (254.00mm X 177.00mm) 936 pages Weight: 1450g
  • Categories: Social theory [JHBA]
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Written by award-winning scholar, Jonathan Turner, Theoretical Sociology: 1830 to the Present is a monumental book that offers in-depth and comprehensive coverage of both the classical and modern traditions in sociological theory. The text is dived into three key parts: Part 1 provides detailed analyses of the theories of the classical tradition, including the works of August Comte, Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim, and George Herbert Mead; Part 2 examines all of the principle theoretical traditions in sociology during the modern era, including the functional, general systems, ecological, evolutionary, conflict, exchange, symbolic interactionist, role and status, dramaturgical, phenomenological, structuralist, cultural, postmodern, European-critical, and American-style critical theories; Part 3 reviews the state of sociological theory today, including scientific elements of theory and how to overcome roadblocks that have prevented sociological theories from realizing their full explanatory power.
Jonathan H. Turner (PhD, Cornell University) is Distinguished Professor of sociology at the University of California at Riverside and University Professor for the University of California. The leading authority on sociological theory, Dr. Turner is the author of 38 influential books, which have been published in twelve different languages, as well as the author of many research articles in numerous journals and books.
Theoretical Sociology The Classical Period, 1830-1935 August Comte and The Emergence of Sociology Herbert Spencer Karl Marx The Max Weber Georg Simmel Emile Durkheim George Herbert Mead The Classical Roots of Contemporary Theorizing The Modern Era Functional Theorizing General Systems Theorizing Ecological Theorizing Evolutionary Theorizing Conflict Theorizing Exchange Theorizing Symbolic Interactionist Theorizing Role and Status Theorizing Dramaturgical Theorizing Phenomenological and Ethnomethodological Theorizing Structuralist Theorizing (include structuration theory, network theory) Cultural Theorizing Postmodern Theorizing European Critical Theorizing American-style Critical Theorizing The State of Sociological Theory Elements of Scientific Theorizing Overcoming Roadblocks to Cumulative Explanatory Theory in Sociology
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