Contemporary sociological theory and its classical roots : the basics

Ritzer, George (author.). Stepnisky, Jeffrey (author.).

Summary: "Contemporary Sociological Theory and Its Classical Roots: The Basics, is a brief survey of sociology's major theorists and theoretical approaches, from the Classical founders to the present. The authors connect many theorists together into chapters with broad headings (Contemporary Integrative Theories, Contemporary Theories of Everyday Life, etc.) that offer students a big-picture, synthesized view of the entire span of sociological theory"--

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ISBN: 9781544396217 (softcover)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 467 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: Los Angeles : SAGE College Publishing, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1: Introduction to sociological theory -- Chapter 2: Classical theories I ; Émile Durkheim: From mechanical to organic solidarity ; Karl Marx: From capitalism to communism ; Max Weber: The rationalization of society -- Chapter 3: Classical theories II ; Georg Simmel: The growing tragedy of culture ; Thorstein Veblen: Increasing control of business over industry ; George Herbert Mead: Social behaviorism ; W. E. B. Du Bois: Race and racism in modern society -- Chapter 4: Contemporary grand theories I ; Structural functionalism ; Conflict theory ; General systems theory -- Chapter 5: Contemporary grand theories II ; Neo-Marxian theory ; The civilizing process ; The colonization of the lifeworld ; The juggernaut of modernity -- Chapter 6: Contemporary theories of everyday life ; Symbolic interactionism ; Dramaturgy ; Ethnomethodology and conversation analysis ; Exchange theory ; Rational choice theory -- Chapter 7: Contemporary integrative theories ; A more integrated exchange theory ; Structuration theory ; Culture and agency ; Habitus and field -- Chapter 8: Contemporary feminist theories / by Patricia Madoo Lengermann and Gillian Niebrugge ; The basic theoretical questions ; The classical roots ; Contemporary feminist theories ; Challenges to feminism -- Chapter 9: Theories of race and colonialism ; Fanon and the colonial subject ; Postcolonial theory ; Critical theories of race and racism ; Racial formation ; A systemic theory of race ; Southern theory and indigenous resurgence -- Chapter 10: Postmodern grand theories ; The transition from industrial to postindustrial society ; Increasing govermentality (and other grand theories) ; Postmodernity as modernity's coming of age ; The rise of consumer society, loss of symbolic exchange, and increase in simulations ; The consumer society and the new means of consumption ; Queer theory: Sex and sexuality -- Chapter 11: Globalization theory ; Major contemporary theorists on globalization ; Cultural theory ; Economic theory ; Political theory -- Chapter 12: Science, technology, and nature ; Affect theory and the new materialism ; Science studies and actor-network theory ; Theories of the anthropocene -- Glossary.