Sociological Theory in the Classical Era: Text and Readings

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Sociological Theory in the Classical Era is a highly-acclaimed new text which utilizes the unique and increasingly popular text/reader approach. The book presents major readings by sociology's key classical theorists, including Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, Georg Simmel, W.E.B. Du Bois, and George Herbert Mead. The corresponding text written by Laura Desfor Edles and Scott Appelrouth gives students the analytical framework necessary for them to develop a more critical and gratifying understanding of the ideas advanced by these theorists.

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Contents

Introduction
1
Karl Marx
16
Significant Others
25
Introduction to Economic
40
Introduction to Capital
49
Émile Durkheim
80
Durkheims Theoretical Orientation
86
Max Weber
139
READINGS
204
Georg Simmel
241
READINGS
252
W E B Du Bois
301
READINGS
314
George Herbert Mead
347
Meads Theoretical Orientation
353
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
391

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
191
Intellectual Influences and Core Ideas
197

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Laura Desfor Edles (PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990) is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Northridge. She is the author of Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain: The Transition to Democracy after Franco (1998) and Cultural Sociology in Practice (2002), as well as various articles on culture, theory, race/ethnicity, and social movements. Scott Appelrouth (PhD, New York University, 2000) is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Northridge. His interests include sociological theory, cultural sociology, and social movements. He has taught classical and contemporary theory at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and has published several articles in research- and teaching-oriented journals on social movements, theory, and the controversies over jazz during the 1920s and rap during the 1980s. His current research focuses on political discourse in American party platforms.

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