Four Sociological Traditions / Edition 1

by Randall Collins

Overview

Presents a concise intellectual history of sociology organized around the development of 4 classic schools of thought: the conflict tradition of Marx and Weber, the ritual solidarity of Durkheim, the micro-interactionist tradition of Mead, Blumer and Garfinkel, and the utilitarian/rational choice tradition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195082081
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/03/1994
Edition description:	Revised and Expanded Edition of Three Sociological Traditions
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	1300L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Rise of the Social SciencesSocial Thought in the Agrarian EmpiresMedieval Universities Create the Modern IntellectualEconomics: the First Social ScienceThe Rise of Public Schools and the University RevolutionThe Development of the Disciplines1. The Conflict TraditionThe Pivotal Position of Karl MarxFriedrich Engels, the Sociologist in the ShadowsMax Weber and the Multidimensional Theory of StratificationThe Twentieth Century Intermingles Marxian and Weberian IdeasAPPENDIX: Simmel, Coser, and Functionalist Conflict Theory2. The Rational/Utilitarian TraditionThe Original Rise and Fall of Utilitarian PhilosophyBringing the Individual Back InSociology Discovers Sexual and Marriage MarketsThree Applications of Sociological Markets: Educational Inflation, Split Labor Markets, Illegal GoodsThe Paradoxes and Limits of RationalityProposed Rational Solutions for Creating Social Solidarity Economics Invades Sociology, and Vice VersaThe Rational Theory of the StateThe New Utilitarian Policy Science3. The Durkheimian TraditionSociology as the Science of Social OrderTwo Wings: The Macro TraditionThe Second Wing: The Lineage of Social AnthropologyRitual Exchange Networks: The Micro/Macro LinkageThe Future of the Durkheimian Tradition4. The Microinteractionist TraditionA Native American SociologyThe Pragmatism of Charles Sanders PeirceSociety Is in The Mind: CooleyGeorge Herbert Mead's Sociology of ThinkingBlumer Creates Symbolic InteractionismThe Sociology of Consciousness: Husserl, Schutz, and GarfinkelErving Goffman's CounterattackA Summing UpNotesEpilogueBibliographyIndex