Classical theory and modern studies : introduction to sociological theory / Mark Abrahamson.

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Classical Theory and Modern Studies discusses the ideas and insights of major figures in the classical period of sociological theory, and explores their continuing relevance to contemporary sociology.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. vii)
• Chapter 1 Introduction (p. 1)
• Our Approach (p. 2)
• Modernization (p. 3)
• Post-Modern Relevance (p. 5)
• The Supporting Cast (p. 7)
• Endnotes (p. 16)
• Chapter 2 Harriet Martineau (p. 18)
• Biography (p. 18)
• American Society (p. 20)
• How to Observe (p. 23)
• Research Box 2-1 The Meaning of Cell Phone Use Among Poor Jamaicans (p. 25)
• In the Sick Room (p. 27)
• On Women (p. 30)
• Research Box 2-2 Education and the Gender Gap in Income (p. 32)
• Marriage and Divorce (p. 33)
• Endnotes (p. 36)
• Chapter 3 Karl Marx (1): Philosophical Analyses (p. 39)
• Biography (p. 39)
• Hegel and the Dialectic (p. 41)
• Religion (p. 44)
• Alienation and Private Property (p. 46)
• Money and Credit (p. 47)
• Research Box 3-1 Alienation Among Service Workers (p. 51)
• Social Classes (p. 52)
• The Proletariat Revolution (p. 56)
• Research Box 3-2 Class Position and Class Consciousness (p. 58)
• The Failure of Soviet Communism (p. 59)
• Endnotes (p. 60)
• Chapter 4 Karl Marx (2): Economic Analyses (p. 62)
• Base and Superstructure (p. 63)
• The Value of Commodities (p. 65)
• The Circulation of Commodities (p. 66)
• The Fetishism of Commodities (p. 67)
• The Commodification Thesis (p. 69)
• Research Box 4-1 Commodities and Identities (p. 71)
• The Accumulation of Capital (p. 72)
• The Army of the Unemployed (p. 73)
• Research Box 4-2 Unemployment and Pretrial Incarceration (p. 75)
• Purchasing Labor-Power (p. 76)
• Surplus Value and Surplus Profit (p. 78)
• Crisis and Revolution (p. 79)
• Endnotes (p. 80)
• Chapter 5 Max Weber (1): Conceptual Methodology (p. 82)
• Understanding Social Action (p. 84)
• Ideal Types (p. 86)
• Value Free (p. 87)
• Legitimacy and Validity (p. 89)
• Research Box 5-1 Legitimacy and Permanence Among Hospitals (p. 92)
• Types of Legitimacy (p. 93)
• Research Box 5-2 Charismatic Leadership During Crises (p. 96)
• Rational-Legal Bureaucracy (p. 101)
• Endnotes (p. 104)
• Chapter 6 Max Weber (2): On Social Organization (p. 106)
• The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (p. 106)
• Research Box 6-1 Are Protestants' and Catholics' Community Ties Still Different? (p. 113)
• The Decline of Households (p. 115)
• City Life (p. 117)
• Research Box 6-2 City Size, Culture, and Helping Strangers (p. 119)
• Stratification (p. 120)
• Research Box 6-3 The Different Effects of Class and Status (p. 125)
• Endnotes (p. 127)
• Chapter 7 Emile Durkheim (1): Division of Labor and Elementary Religion (p. 129)
• Biography (p. 129)
• The Division of Labor (p. 131)
• Solidarity and the Collective Conscience (p. 133)
• Research Box 7-1 The Threat of Physical Harm as a Deterrent to Crime (p. 136)
• Economic Hegemony (p. 137)
• Research Box 7-2 Family Inheritance Patterns (p. 138)
• Anomie (p. 140)
• Elementary Religion (p. 141)
• Sacred and Profane (p. 143)
• Research Box 7-3 The Profane Body and the Sacred Soul (p. 144)
• Collective Representations (p. 146)
• Collective Effervescence (p. 148)
• Social Emergence (p. 149)
• Endnotes (p. 150)
• Chapter 8 Emile Durkheim (2): Rules and Suicide (p. 152)
• How to Observe (p. 152)
• Defining Social Facts (p. 155)
• Explaining Social Facts (p. 157)
• Research Box 8-1 The Function of Keeping Women Out of War (p. 159)
• Functional Integration (p. 160)
• Defining Suicide as a Social Fact (p. 161)
• Research Box 8-2 Social Integration and the Suicide Rate (p. 164)
• Social Fact or Social Construction? (p. 166)
• Marital Status and Gender (p. 167)
• Types of Suicide (p. 169)
• Endnotes (p. 171)
• Chapter 9 Georg Simmel (p. 173)
• Biography (p. 173)
• Sociology as the Study of Form (p. 175)
• Research Box 9-1 To Separate Others or to Unite Them (p. 179)
• The Stranger (p. 180)
• Research Box 9-2 The Targets of Hate Groups as Strangers (p. 182)
• Webs of Affiliation (p. 183)
• Secrecy (p. 185)
• Research Box 9-3 Women in Secret, Sexual Relationships (p. 188)
• Money (p. 189)
• Endnotes (p. 191)
• Index (p. 193)