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Reclaiming the Sociological Classics
The State of the Scholarship
Charles Camic (Edited by), C Camic (Author)
9781577180302, Wiley
Hardback, published 30 November 1997
315 pages
23.6 x 16 x 3 cm, 0.635 kg
"This is the most enjoyable and important book on social theory that I have read in a long time." BSA Network October 1998
This volume is a collection of original essays by sociologists and intellectual historians who have been leading figures in recent scholarship on the classical sociological theorists.
List of Contributors. Introduction: Classical Sociological Theory as a Field of Research: Charles Camic (University of Wisconsin at Madison). 1. A New Look at Auguste Comte: Mary Pickering (San Jose State University). 2. Rethinking Marx: Moishe Postone (University of Chicago). 3. Spencer and His Critics: Valerie A. Haines (University of Calgary). 4. Classical Social Theory with the Women Founders Included: Lynn MacDonald (University of Guelph). 5. The Other Durkheim: History and Theory in the Treatment of Classical Sociological Thought: Robert Alun Jones (University of Illinois at Urbana). 6. Simmel Reappraised: Old Images, New Scholarship: Donald N. Levine (University of Chicago). 7. Max Weber's Sociology: Research Strategies and Modes of Analysis: Stephen Karlberg (Boston University). 8. W. I. Thomas and Robert E. Park: Conceptualizing, Theorizing, and Investigating Social Process: Martin Bulmer (University of Surrey). 9. George Herbert Mead and the Renaissance of American Pragmatism in Social Theory: Hans Joas (University of Berlin). 10. Acclaiming the Reclaimers: the Trials of Writing Sociology History: Alan Sica (Pennsylvania State University). Index.
Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]
