文档介绍：21 ST-CENTURY SOCIOLOGY
SERIES EDITOR: Steven Seidman, State University of New York at Albany
The 21 st-Century Sociology series provides instructors and students with
key texts in sociology that speak with a distinct sociological voice and offer
thoughtful and original perspectives. The texts reflect current discussions
in and beyond sociology, avoiding standard textbook definitions to engage
students in critical thinking and new ideas. Prominent scholars in various
fields of social bine theoretical perspectives with the latest
research to present accessible syntheses for students as we move further
into the new millennium amidst rapid social change.
1 CULTURAL THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION Philip Smith
2 CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY IN PRACTICE Laura Desfor Edles
3 CLASSICAL SOCIAL THEORY: A CONTEMPORARY ApPROACH
h H. Tucker, Jr.
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SELF AND MUNITY Ben Agger
GENDER, RACE, AND CLASS Lynn Chancer
MASS CULTURE AND SOCIETY M. Gottdiener and Joseph Galbo
CONSUMER SOCIETY Andrew Herman
THE FEMINIST TRADITION IN SOCIOLOGY Susan Hoecker-Drysdale
NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIETY Douglas Kellner
URBAN SPACES Anthony Drum
GLOBAL SOCIETY Roland Robertson
MULTICULTURAUSM IN GLOBAL SOCIETY Peter Kivisto
CLASSICAL SOCIAL THEORY
A Contemporary Approach
H H. TUCKER, JR.
Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction
Part I The Social and Intellectual Context of Classical Social
Theory 15
The World of Classical Social Theory 17
2 From the Enlightenment to Nietzsche: Science,
Republicanism, and Identity 39
Part II Social Science and the Canon: Marx, Durkheim, and Weber 75
3 Marx: Modernity and Capitalism 77
4 Durkheim: Modernity and Social Solidarity 117
5 Weber: Modernity and Rationalization 154
Part III Rethinking and Expanding the Canon 191
6 Freud, Simmel, and Mead: Aesthetics, the Unconscious,
and the Fluid Self 193
7 Du Bois and Perkins Gilman: Race, Gender, and Cultural
Identity 228
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