Buch, Englisch, 3328 Seiten, Schachtel, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 356 mm, Gewicht: 9072 g
Classical, Modern and Contemporary
Buch, Englisch, 3328 Seiten, Schachtel, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 356 mm, Gewicht: 9072 g
ISBN: 978-0-7619-6778-1
Verlag: Sage Publications
Unrivalled in scope and depth, and prepared by one of the acknowledged giants of contemporary social theory, this boxed set provides a magisterial review of the central canons, discourses and research programmes in social theory. The reader is provided with a route-map through the complex terrain of social theory from classical to contemporary times. Alexander distils an amazingly rich set of resources into eight exceptional volumes. For the specialist who does not have all of these materials to hand, the set offers an incisive and invaluable research aid. For the non-specialist, the volumes constitute an elegant and reliable entry into the heart of what is important in social theory. For specialist and non-specialist alike, Alexander's choices will be a fascinating insight into his view of the essentials in the Western tradition of social theory. The collection begins with a specially prepared essay by Alexander which precludes a view of social theory as a `glorious' onward march. Instead, he concentrates on the relativity of social theory, a relativity that derives from the status of sociology as a human science rather than a science of nature. The Introduction provides the reader with a guide through the main structural shifts in social theory. It demonstrates why the classics are significant and elucidates their contemporary relevance; and indicates the limitations of the classical tradition, tracing where these limitations have borne fruit in contemporary research initiatives and achievements. Alexander identifies central canons in sociological research and lays the groundwork for framing each. Urbane, shrewd and compelling, Alexander's mapping of the canons will inspire debate in sociology and offers an exciting new reorientation for reading and understanding social theory.
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VOLUME ONE: THE SOCIOLOGICAL TRADTIONS: CANONS AND CRITICAL DISCOURSES
PART ONE: CANONS: THE GREAT TRADITIONS
Alienated Labor - Karl Marx
On the Production of Consciousness - Karl Marx
Bourgeoisa and Proletarians - Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
Base and Superstructure - Karl Marx
The Later Theory of Capitalism and Class Domination - Karl Marx
The Indeterminacy of Historical Causation - Karl Marx
Confucianism and Puritanism - Max Weber
Religious Rejections of the World and Their Directions - Max Weber
Class, Status and Party - Max Weber
Formal Organization - Max Weber
The Types of Legitimate Political Authority - Max Weber
Historical Emergence of Citizenship - Max Weber
Structural Differentiation and the Rational Modern Conscience - Emile Durkheim
Rules for the Observation of Social Facts - Emile Durkheim
Pathologies of Modernity - Emile Durkheim
The Social Causes of Suicide
VOLUME TWO
PART ONE: CANONS: THE GREAT TRADITIONS (continued)
Individualism and the Intellectuals - Emile Durkheim
The Religious Theory of Modernity - Emile Durkheim
Definition of Socialism - Emile Durkheim
PART TWO: CANONS: THE LITTLE TRADITIONS
Confict as Integrative - Georg Simmel
The Triad - Georg Simmel
Culture and Crisis - Georg Simmel
The Metropolis and Mental Life - Georg Simmel
Interaction and Meaning - George Herbert Mead
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Erving Goffman
Introduction to Frame Analysis - Erving Goffman
The Interaction Order - Erving Goffman
Communication and Moral Action in Modern Societies - John Dewey
Choosing among Projects of Action - Alfred Schutz
Studies of the Routine Grounds of Everyday Activities - Harold Garfinkel
VOLUME THREE
PART TWO: CANONS: THE LITTLE TRADTIONS (continued)
Society as Rational Exchange - James S Coleman
Social Behavior as Exchange - George C Homans
On Institutions and Social Evolution - Talcott Parsons
The Superego and the Theory of Social Systems - Talcott Parsons
Integration and Institutionalization in the Social System - Talcott Parsons
The Concept of Society - Talcott Parsons
The Components and Their Interrelations
On the Concept of Political Power - Talcott Parsons
Double Interchanges in Economy and Society - Talcott Parsons and Neil J Smelser
PART THREE: CRITICAL DISCOURSES
The Residual Category of Marxism - Frederick Engels
Economic Determinism Only in the Last Instance
The Rustic Craftsmanship of the Economists and the Organization of Revolutionaries - V I Lenin
Reification and the Consciousness of the Proletariat - Georg Luk[ac]acs
The Study of Philosophy - Antonio Gramsci
The Problem of Mediations and Auxiliary Disciplines - Jean-Paul Sartre
Contradiction and Overdetermination - Louis Althusser
Notes for an Investigation
Alienation and Property - Shlomo Avineri
Beyond Economism to Culture and Legitimation - J[um]urgen Habermas
Charisma, Order and Status - Edward Shils
VOLUME FOUR
PART THREE: CRITICAL DISCOURSES (continued)
Inequality and Social Structure - Reinhard Bendix
A Comparison of Marx and Weber
Domination as the Core of Weber's Political Sociology - Guenther Roth
The Dialectical Development of the Rationalism of World Mastery - Wolfgang Schluchter
Religion and Science
Nietzsche and Weber - Ralph Schroeder
Two `Prophets' of the Modern World
Continuities in the Study of Social Conflict - Lewis A Coser
Durkheim's Early Works - Anthony Giddens
Durkheim and History - Robert N Bellah
Rethinking Durkheim's Intellectual Development - Jeffery C Alexander
On the Complex Origins of a Cultural Sociology
The Rational Structure of the Linguistication of the Sacred - J[um]urgen Habermas
Manifest and Latent Functions - Robert K Merton
Some Remarks on `The Social System' - David Lockwood
The Oversocialized Conception of Man in Modern Sociology - Dennis H Wrong
Formal and Substantive Voluntarism in the Work of Talcott Parsons - Jeffrey C Alexander
A Theoretical and Ideological Reinterpretat
