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- ISBN-10 : 0199937125
- ISBN-13 : 978-0199937127
- Author: Peter Kivisto
Edited by Peter Kivisto, this acclaimed collection of accessible primary source readings enables students to experience “firsthand” a wide range of perspectives that are shaping current sociological theory. Now in its fifth edition, Social Theory: Roots and Branches covers both classical theory (the roots) and contemporary theory (the branches) and shows how they are linked. Part One features work from such well known classical theorists as Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and Simmel. It also presents selections by theorists outside of the discipline and from writers who are often overlooked in competing collections, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Harriet Martineau. Part Two offers readings that illustrate major contemporary theoretical approaches, ending with a section on cutting edge directions in theoretical discourse. Now featuring a revised and expanded introductory chapter, this fifth edition offers seventeen new readings, including eight by theorists who are new to this collection.
table of contents:
PART ONE: THE ROOTS: CLASSICAL SOCIAL THEORY
I. Karl Marx
II. �mile Durkheim
III. Max Weber
IV. Georg Simmel
V. Other Foundational Voices
VI. Voices Outside the Discipline
PART TWO: THE BRANCHES: CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THEORY
VII. Functionalism and Neofunctionalism
VIII. Conflict Theories
IX. Symbolic Interaction, Phenomenology, and Ethnomethodology
X. Exchange Theory and Rational Choice Theory
XI. Feminist Theory
XII. Theories of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
XIII. Critical Theory
XIV. Contemporary Theories of Modernity
XV. Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and Postmodernity
XVI. World Systems and Globalization Theory
XVII. Further New Directions in Contemporary Social Theory