Contemporary Social and Sociological Theory

Visualizing Social Worlds
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4129-1362-1
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 472 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

An upper division undergraduate social theory textbook that introduces the student to the multitude of different theorists. Their contributions to contemporary social and sociological theory are presented around nine distinct theoretical ideas. Written in an accessible and engaging style to help students grasp theories and their relevance and application to modern life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allan, Kenneth D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Having a ThoughtAcknowledgmentsIntroduction to Section I: The Social Situation and Its People1. Symbols, Meaning, and the Social Self: George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) and Herbert Blumer (1900-1987) The Interactionist Perspective: American Pragmatism Concepts and Theory: Emergent Meanings Concepts and Theory: The Necessary Self Concepts and Theory: Empiricism and Symbolic Interactionism Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Web Byte-R. S. Perinbanayagam and Dialogic Acts2. Constructing Social Reality: Peter Berger (1929-) and Thomas Luckmann (1927-) Berger and Luckmann’s Perspective: The Phenomenon of Reality Concepts and Theory: The Social Construction of Reality Concepts and Theory: Changing and Preserving Reality Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Web Byte-Stuart Hall and Reading Culture Through Cultural Studies3. Organizing Ordinary Life: Harold Garfinkel (1917-) Garfinkel’s Perspective: Everyday Methods Concepts and Theory: Doing Society Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Web Byte-Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman: Doing Gender4. Performing the Self: Erving Goffman (1922-1982) Goffman’s Perspective: All the World Is a Stage Concepts and Theory: Impression Management Concepts and Theory: The Encounter Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Web Byte-Arlie Russell Hochschild and the Presentation of Emotion5. Emotion and Interaction Ritual Chains: Randall Collins (1941-) Collins’s Perspective: Science, Emotion, and Exchange Concepts and Theory: Interaction Ritual Chains (IRCs) Concepts and Theory: The Micro-Level Production of Stratification Concepts and Theory: Sociology of Creativity Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Web Byte-Thomas J. Scheff: When Shame Gets Out of HandIntroduction to Section II: Social Structures and Systems6. Social and Population Structures: Peter M. Blau (1918-2002) Blau’s Perspective: Calculating Science and Population Structures Concepts and Theory: Exchange, Power, and Structure Concepts and Theory: Population Structures Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Web Byte-Karen S. Cook: Power in Exchange Networks7. Gender Inequality: Janet Saltzman Chafetz (1942-) Concepts and Theory: Coercive Gender Structures Concepts and Theory: Voluntaristic Gender Inequality Concepts and Theory: Stratification Stability Concepts and Theory: Gender Change Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Web Byte-Randall Collins and Conflict Theory8. The Replication of Class: Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) Bourdieu’s Perspective: Constructivist Structuralism Concepts and Theory: Structuring Class Concepts and Theory: Replicating Class Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Web Byte-Erik Olin Wright: Measuring Class Inequality9. Global Capitalism and the Decline of American Hegemony: Immanuel Wallerstein (1930-) Wallerstein’s Perspective: World-Systems Critique Concepts and Theory: The Dialectics of Capitalism Concepts and Theory: The End of the World as We Know It Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox Web Byte-James O’Conner: Selling Nature10. Social Systems and Their Environments: Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998) Luhmann’s Perspective: Thinking Systemically Concepts and Theory: Self-Referencing Systems Concepts and Theory: Social Evolution Concepts and Theory: Changing Sociology’s Question Summary Building Your Theory ToolboxIntroduction to Section III: Modernity and Postmodernity11. Modernity and Reason: Jürgen Habermas (1929-) Habermas’s Perspective: Critical Theory Concepts and Theory: Capitalism and Legitimation Concepts and Theory: The Colonization of Democracy Concepts and Theory: Communicative Action and Civil Society Summary Building Your Theory Toolbox12. The Juggernaut of Modernity: Anthony Giddens (1938-) Giddens’s Perspective: Recursive Structures Giddens’s Perspective: Reflexive Actors Concepts and Theory: The Contours of Modernity Concepts and Theory: The Experience of Modernity Su

Über Autor(innen)

Allan, Kenneth D.
Kenneth Allan is Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of California at Riverside, 1995). Most recent teaching is in the areas of: Sociological Theory, Social Psychology, and Sociology of Culture. He has published numerous articles in theory, and a book in 1998, The Meaning of Culture, explicating cultural theory. He also contributed to Turner’s last two editions of The Structure of Sociological Theory. Over the past eight years he has taught well over 30 courses in social theory.