This volume is a collection of original essays by sociologists and intellectual historians who have been leading figures in recent scholarship on the classical sociological theorists.
Charles Camic is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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"This is the most enjoyable and important book on social theory that I have read in a long time." BSA Network October 1998
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List of Contributors. Introduction: Classical Sociological Theory as a Field of Research: Charles Camic (University of Wisconsin at Madison).1. A New Look at Auguste Comte: Mary Pickering (San Jose State University).2. Rethinking Marx: Moishe Postone (University of Chicago).3. Spencer and His Critics: Valerie A. Haines (University of Calgary).4. Classical Social Theory with the Women Founders Included: Lynn MacDonald (University of Guelph).5. The Other Durkheim: History and Theory in the Treatment of Classical Sociological Thought: Robert Alun Jones (University of Illinois at Urbana).6. Simmel Reappraised: Old Images, New Scholarship: Donald N. Levine (University of Chicago).7. Max Weber's Sociology: Research Strategies and Modes of Analysis: Stephen Karlberg (Boston University).8. W. I. Thomas and Robert E. Park: Conceptualizing, Theorizing, and Investigating Social Process: Martin Bulmer (University of Surrey).9. George Herbert Mead and the Renaissance of American Pragmatism in Social Theory: Hans Joas (University of Berlin).10. Acclaiming the Reclaimers: the Trials of Writing Sociology History: Alan Sica (Pennsylvania State University).Index.
