In this book, one of the foremost sociologists of the present day, turns his gaze upon the key figures and seminal institutions in the rise of sociology. Turner examines the work of Karl Marx, Max Weber, Karl Mannheim, Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim and Talcott Parsons to produce a rich and authoritative perspective on the classical tradition. He argues that classical sociology has developed on many fronts, including debates on the family, religion, the city, social stratification, generations and citizenship. The book defends classical perspectives as a living tradition for understanding contemporary social life and demonstrates how the classical tradition produces an agenda for contemporary sociology.
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Examines the work of key figures and institutions in the classical tradition and the agenda they provide for contemporary sociology. It analyzes theories such as those of Karl Marx and Max Weber, and then covers debates on the family, religion, the city, social stratification and citizenship.
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Preface - The Sociological Classics Part I CLASSICAL THEORY The Central Themes of Sociology: An Introduction Max Weber′s Reception into Classical Sociology Max Weber and Karl Marx Max Weber on Economy and Society Emile Durkheim on Civil Society Karl Mannheim on Ideology and Utopia Karl Mannheim and the Sociology of Culture Georg Simmel and the Sociology of Money Talcott Parsons on the Social System Part II THE EARLY SOCIOLOGY OF INSTITUTIONS The Sociology and Anthropology of Religion The Sociology of the City The Sociology of Social Stratification The Sociology and Anthropology of the Family The Sociology of Generations - with Ron Eyerman The Sociology of Citizenship Conclusion - Coherence and Rupture in the Discipline of Sociology
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ISBN
9780761964582
Publisert
1999-10-13
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications Inc
Vekt
280 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

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Bryan S. Turner is Professor of Sociology in the Asian Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore. Previously he was Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge from 1998-2005. His research interests include globalization and religion, concentrating on such issues as religious conflict and the modern state, religious authority and electronic information, religious, consumerism and youth cultures, human rights and religion, the human body, medical change, and religious cosmologies. He is Joint Chief Editor of the journal Citizenship Studies and serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals.