(Ebook) Classical Sociological Theory by Craig Calhoun, Joseph Gerteis, James Moody, Steven Pfaff, Indermohan Virk (editors) ISBN 9781405148542, 1405148543

(Ebook) Classical Sociological Theory by Craig Calhoun, Joseph Gerteis, James Moody, Steven Pfaff, Indermohan Virk (editors) ISBN 9781405148542, 1405148543

This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current guideposts and reference points in contemporary sociological debate. A definitive guide to the roots of sociology through a collection of key writings from the founders of the discipline Explores influential works of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton Editorial introductions lend historical and intellectual perspective to the substantial readings Includes a new section with new readings on the immediate "pre-history" of sociological theory, including the Enlightenment and de Tocqueville Individual reading selections are updated throughout