Social Theory Re-Wired

Wesley Longhofer is Associate Professor of Organization and Management at Emory University.Daniel Winchester is Associate Professor of Sociology at Purdue University

"Longhofer and Winchester have produced the best social theory textbook on the market today. Comprehensive, clever, and well-organized, this new 3rd edition provides instructors with plenty of resources to engage undergraduate students both online and in the classroom. Highly recommended!"-- Manfred B. Steger, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawai'i-Manoa and author of What Is Global Studies? (Routledge, 2017). "No other social theory reader brings together the essential excerpts of the classics with this diversity of contemporary extensions in quite the same way as Social Theory Re-wired. Students appreciate the accessible examples of theory applied to social problems. The online learning resources offer valuable study support. By the semester’s end, my students are knowledgeable of the canon and skilled in constructing their own evidence-based arguments."-- Selina Gallo-Cruz, Associate Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University"Social Theory Re-wired, by Winchester and Longhofer, provides a well-selected sample of the ‘classics’ while also encouraging instructors and students to expand their understanding of what theory (and sociology) can be. Their section introductions are accessible and encourage the use of the readings to better understand the complexities of the contemporary moment—everything from social media re-shaping the way we dance to viruses re-shaping society. This reader will help breathe new life into my Sociological Theory course."-- Kyle Green, Associate Professor of Sociology, SUNY, Brockport

• PrefaceI. EMERGENCE THROUGH CONVERGENCE: The Puzzles of Social OrderIntroductory Essay: "The Virus that Changed Our World"Classical ConnectionsEmile Durkheim, The Rules of Sociological MethodEmile Durkheim, The Division of Labor in SocietyEmile Durkheim, SuicideEmile Durkheim, The Elementary Forms of Religious LifeContemporary ExtensionsHarold Garfinkel, Studies in EthnomethodologyBruno Latour, Mixing Humans and Nonhumans Together: The Sociology of a Door-CloserMark Granovetter, The Strength of Weak TiesPeter Berger and Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of RealitySystem UpdateManuel Castells, "Materials for an Exploratory Theory of the Network Society"II. NETWORKS OF CAPITAL: Dimensions of Global CapitalismIntroductory Essay: "The Redditors Who Took Down a Giant (Sort Of)"Classical ConnectionsKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The German IdeologyKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist PartyKarl Marx, CapitalKarl Marx, "Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844"Contemporary ExtensionsImmanuel Wallerstein, "The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System"Cedric Robinson, Black MarxismPierre Bourdieu, "The Forms of Capital"Pierre Bourdieu, DistinctionRaka Ray and Seemin Qayum, Cultures of ServitudeSystem UpdateShoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance CapitalismIII. PATHWAY TO MELTDOWN: Theorizing the Dark Side of ModernityIntroductory Essay: "Do You Ever Get the Feeling You’re Being Watched?"Classical ConnectionsMax Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of CapitalismMax Weber, "Basic Sociological Terms"Max Weber, "The Types of Legitimate Domination"Max Weber, "Bureaucracy"Contemporary ExtensionsHerbert Marcuse, One–Dimensional ManJurgen Habermas, Toward a Rational SocietyMichel Foucault, Discipline and PunishZygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the HolocaustSystem UpdateDavid Graeber, "Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit"IV. SHIFTING THE PARADIGM: Excluded Voices, Alternative KnowledgesIntroductory Essay: Classical ConnectionsW.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black FolkSimone de Beauvoir, The Second SexContemporary ExtensionsFrantz Fanon, Black Skin, White MasksEdward Said, OrientalismDorothy Smith, The Conceptual Practices of PowerPatricia Hill Collins, Black Feminist ThoughtJulian Go, Postcolonial Thought and Social TheorySystem UpdateRuha Benjamin, Race After TechnologyV. RISE OF THE AVATAR: Connecting Self and Society Introductory Essay: "Through the Looking Glass of TikTok"Classical ConnectionsGeorge Herbert Mead, "Self"Georg Simmel, "The Metropolis and Mental Life"Georg Simmel, "The Stranger"Contemporary ExtensionsErving Goffman, The Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeJudith Butler, Gender TroubleStuart Hall, "Cultural Identity and Diaspora"Anthony Giddens, Modernity and Self-IdentitySystem UpdateSherry Turkle, "Always-On/Always-On-You: The Tethered Self"Glossary Index