Perspectives in Sociology

Name: Perspectives in Sociology
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ISBN: 9780415301114

ISBN-10: 0415301114

ISBN-13: 9780415301114

Edition: 5th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: E. C. Cuff, W. W. Sharrock, D. W. Francis, A. J. Dennis

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From its first edition in 1979, Perspectives in Sociology has provided generations of undergraduates with a clear, reassuring introduction to the complications of sociological theory. This fifth edition includes:* a concise introduction to the major debates of the twentieth century* key debates placed in historical and philosophical context* new easy to read format.* information on thinkers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century whose relevance to modern social thought is only now being recognised, e.g. Nietszche, Saussure, Simmel* connections drawn between post-structuralist thinkers like Foucault and Derrida and the founding figures of sociology: Marx, Weber and Durkheim* In-depth…

Book details

List price: $59.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/18/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.97" wide x 9.65" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English




Introduction: rethinking sociology






Karl Marx



Max Weber



Emile Durkheim






Consensus and Conflict



Symbolic Interaction



Ethnomethodology






Western Marxism



Structuralism






Poststructuralism: Abandoning Reason



Michel Foucault



Poststructuralism and Postmodernity



Back to Sociological Theory?: Theoreticism and Synthesis



From Class to Culture



Emancipatory Sociology



Conclusion"