The Discovery of Society
by Collins, Randall; Makowsky, MichaelFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1992-08-01
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill College
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Summary
This classic text explores the lives and ideas of the social thinkers who have shaped and continue to forge traditions in sociology. Focusing on the great names in the field, it weaves biographical and conceptual details into a tapestry of the history of social thought of the 19th and 20th centuries. Written in a narrative style that is accessible and exciting, this text is an excellent supplement for courses in social/sociological theory, the history of social thought, the history of sociology, and introduction to sociology..
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Society and Illusion | |
| The Vicissitudes of Nineteenth-Century Rationalism | |
| The Prophets of Paris | |
| Sociology in the Underground | |
| The Last Gentleman | |
| Nietzsche's Madness | |
| Do-Gooders, Evolutionists, and Racists | |
| The Great Breakthrough | |
| Dreyfus's Empire | |
| Max Weber: The Disenchantment of the World | |
| Sigmund Freud: Conquistador of the Irrational | |
| The Discovery of the Invisible World | |
| The Vicissitudes of Twentieth-Century Sophistication | |
| The Discovery of the Ordinary World: Thomas, Park and the Chicago School | |
| The Emergence of African-American Sociology: Du Bois, Frazier, Drake, and Cayton | |
| The Construction of the Social System: Pareto and Parsons | |
| Hitler's Shadow: Michels, Mannheim, and Mills | |
| Erving Goffman and the Theater of Social Encounters | |
| Contemporary Sociological Theory in France, Germany, and the United States | |
| The Impact of Women in Sociology of the Late Twentieth Century | |
| Bibliographical Suggestions | |
| Index | |
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