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Georg Simmel on Individuality and Social Forms
Av Georg Simmel, Donald N. Levine
Häftad, 1972
303 kr
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"Of those who created the intellectual capital used to launch the enterprise of professional sociology, Georg Simmel was perhaps the most original and fecund. In search of a subject matter for sociology that would distinguish it from all other social sciences and humanistic disciplines, he charted …
On Social Structure and Science
Av Robert K. Merton, Piotr Sztompka
Häftad, 1996
382 kr
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Robert K. Merton is unarguably one of the most influential sociologists of his time. A figure whose wide-ranging theoretical and methodological contributions have become fundamental to the field, Merton is best known for introducing such concepts and procedures as unanticipated consequences, …
On Collective Memory
Häftad, 1992
340 kr
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How do we use our mental images of the present to reconstruct our past? Maurice Halbwachs (1877-1945) addressed this question for the first time in his work on collective memory, which established him as a major figure in the history of sociology. This volume, the first comprehensive …
Early Essays
Av Talcott Parsons, Charles Camic
Häftad, 1991
832 kr
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With the publication in 1937 of his first book, The Structure of Social Action, Talcott Parsons (1902-79) established himself as one of America's most important social theorists. Yet Parsons's essays from the decade preceding 1937 are virtually unknown to theorists and historians of sociology. By …
On Hobos and Homelessness
Av Nels Anderson, Raffaele Rauty
Inbunden, 1999
851 kr
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In the early 1920s Nels Anderson combined his own experience "on the bummery", with his sociological insight to give voice to a largely ignored underclass. This text presents Nels Anderson's ethnographic work of a world of homeless men, a study conducted on Madison street in Chicago, and also …
On Intersubjectivity and Cultural Creativity
Av Martin Buber, S. N. Eisenstadt
Häftad, 1992
399 kr
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One of the foremost religious and social philosophers of the twentieth century, Martin Buber also wrote extensively on sociological subjects, particularly as these affected his philosophical concerns. Collected here, these writings offer essential insights into the human condition as it is …
Chicago School of Sociology
Institutionalization, Diversity, and the Rise of Sociological Research
Häftad, 1986
306 kr
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From 1915 to 1935 the inventive community of social scientists at the University of Chicago pioneered empirical research and a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, shaping the future of twentieth-century American sociology and related fields as well. Martin Bulmer's history of the …
On Symbols and Society
Av Kenneth Burke, Joseph R. Gusfield
Häftad, 1989
371 kr
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Kenneth Burke's innovative use of dramatism and dialectical method have made him a powerful critical force in an extraordinary variety of disciplines—education, philosophy, history, psychology, religion, and others. While most widely acclaimed as a literary critic, Burke has elaborated a …
Early Essays
Av Talcott Parsons, Charles Camic
Inbunden, 1991
1073 kr
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With the publication in 1937 of his first book, The Structure of Social Action, Talcott Parsons (1902-79) established himself as one of America's most important social theorists. Yet Parsons's essays from the decade preceding 1937 are virtually unknown to theorists and historians of sociology. By …
On Self and Social Organization
Av Charles Horton Cooley, Hans-Joachim Schubert
Inbunden, 1998
979 kr
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It is almost impossible now to imagine the prestigious position Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) held within the founding generation of American sociologists. His seminal work on human communication, social organization, and public opinion stimulated and guided much of early American sociological …
On Self and Social Organization
Av Charles Horton Cooley, Hans-Joachim Schubert
Häftad, 1998
798 kr
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It is almost impossible now to imagine the prestigious position Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) held within the founding generation of American sociologists. His seminal work on human communication, social organization, and public opinion stimulated and guided much of early American sociological …
W. E. B. DuBois on Sociology and the Black Community
Av W. E. B. DuBois, Dan S. Green m. fl.
Häftad, 1995
365 kr
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Historian, journalist, educator, and civil rights advocate W.E.B. Du Bois was perhaps most accomplished as a sociologist of race relations and of the black community in the United States. This volume collects his sociological writings from 1898 to 1910. The 18 selections include five on Du Bois's …
Emile Durkheim on Morality and Society
Av Emile Durkheim, Robert N. Bellah
Häftad, 1975
297 kr
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Emile Durkheim is best known in this country as a great sociologist and methodologist. Yet it was Durkheim's reflections on morality and society that spoke most deeply of his vital concerns. In his informative introduction to this work, Robert N. Bellah describes Durkheim as moralist, philosopher, …
Emile Durkheim on Institutional Analysis
Häftad, 1994
617 kr
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Ranging from Durkheim's original lecture in sociology to an excerpt from the work incomplete at his death, these selections illuminate his multiple approaches to the crucial concept of social solidarity and the study of institutions as diverse as the law, morality, and the family. Durkheim's focus …
On Civilization, Power, and Knowledge
Selected Writings
Av Norbert Elias, Stephen Mennell m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
439 kr
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Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is described as one of the great sociologists of the 20th century. Born in Germany, Elias earned a doctorate in philosophy and then turned to sociology, working with Max Weber's younger brother, Alfred Weber, and with Karl Mannheim. He later fled the Nazi regime in 1935 and …
Sociology and Its Publics
The Forms and Fates of Disciplinary Organization
Av Terence C. Halliday, Morris Janowitz
Inbunden, 1992
1229 kr
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Sociology faces troubling developments as it enters its second century in the United States. A loss of theoretical coherence and a sense of disciplinary fragmentation, a decline in the quality of its recruits, the cooptation of its clients, a muted public voice, and sinking prestige in governmental …
Sociology and Its Publics
The Forms and Fates of Disciplinary Organization
Av Terence C. Halliday, Morris Janowitz
Häftad, 1992
305 kr
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Sociology faces troubling developments as it enters its second century in the United States. A loss of theoretical coherence and a sense of disciplinary fragmentation, a decline in the quality of its recruits, the cooptation of its clients, a muted public voice, and sinking prestige in governmental …
On Work, Race, and the Sociological Imagination
Av Everett C. Hughes, Lewis A. Coser
Inbunden, 1994
1229 kr
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The writings in this volume highlight Hughes's contributions to the sociology of work and professions; race and ethnicity; and the central themes and methods of the discipline. Hughes was the first sociologist to pay sustained attention to occupations as a field for study and wrote frequently and …
On Work, Race, and the Sociological Imagination
Av Everett C. Hughes, Lewis A. Coser
Häftad, 1994
323 kr
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The writings in this volume highlight Hughes's contributions to the sociology of work and professions; race and ethnicity; and the central themes and methods of the discipline. Hughes was the first sociologist to pay sustained attention to occupations as a field for study and wrote frequently and …
On Social Organization and Social Control
Av Morris Janowitz, James Burk
Häftad, 1991
425 kr
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In the four decades following the end of World War II, Morris Janowitz (1919-88) published major works in macrosociology, urban and political sociology, race and ethnic relations, and the study of armed forces and society. His research was deeply rooted in the traditions of philosophical pragmatism …
On Social Research and Its Language
Av Paul F. Lazarsfeld, Raymond Boudon
Häftad, 1993
451 kr
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Without Paul F. Lazarsfeld the social sciences would not be what they are today. In his work on unemployment, voting, consumer behaviour, and social influence, among other subjects, his methodological emphasis on vigorously controlled scientific language and structures transformed social research …
Karl Marx on Society and Social Change
With Selections by Friedrich Engels
Häftad, 1975
297 kr
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This volume presents those writings of Marx that best reveal his contribution to sociology, particularly to the theory of society and social change. The editor, Neil J. Smelser, has divided these selections into three topical sections and has also included works by Friedrich Engels. The first …
George Herbert Mead on Social Psychology
Av George Herbert Mead, Anselm Strauss
Häftad, 1964
355 kr
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One of the most brilliantly original of American pragmatists, George Herbert Mead published surprisingly few major papers and not a single book during his lifetime. Yet his influence on American sociology and social psychology since World War II has been exceedingly strong. This volume is a revised …
On Social Structure and Science
Av Robert K. Merton, Piotr Sztompka
Inbunden, 1996
1535 kr
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Robert K. Merton is unarguably one of the most influential sociologists of his time. A figure whose wide-ranging theoretical and methodological contributions have become fundamental to the field, Merton is best known for introducing such concepts and procedures as unanticipated consequences, …
Talcott Parsons on Institutions and Social Evolution
Selected Writings
Av Talcott Parsons, Leon H. Mayhew
Häftad, 1985
399 kr
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Talcott Parsons is regarded, by admirers and critics alike, as a major creator of the sociological thought of our time. Despite the universal recognition of his influence, however, Parsons's thought is not well understood, in part because his work presents the reader with almost legendary …
On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing
Selected Writings
Av Max Scheler, Harold Bershady
Häftad, 1992
340 kr
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One of the pioneers of modern sociology, Max Scheler (1874- 1928) ranks with Max Weber, Edmund Husserl, and Ernst Troeltsch as being among the most brilliant minds of his generation. Yet Scheler is now known chiefly for his philosophy of religion, despite his groundbreaking work in the sociology of …
Alfred Schutz on Phenomenology and Social Relations
Av Alfred Schutz, Helmut R. Wagner
Häftad, 1999
357 kr
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Alfred Schutz (1899-1959) stood simultaneously in the camps of philosophy and sociology, and his writings constitute the framework of a sociology based on phenomenological considerations. Schutz's basic contributions issue from a critical synthesis of Husserl's phenomenology and Weber's sociology …
Constitution of Society
Av Edward Shils
Häftad, 1982
382 kr
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Edward Shils's attempt to work out a macrosociological theory which does justice both to the spiritual and intellectual dispositions and powers of the mind and to the reality of the larger society is an enterprise that has spanned several decades. In his steps toward the development of this theory …
On the Practice of Sociology
Av Pitirim A. Sorokin, Barry V. Johnston
Häftad, 1998
348 kr
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Pitirim Sorokin rose from a peasant childhood in Russia to become a major figure in the history of sociology. However, he was considered both a pioneer and an outcast. This text includes essays by this controversial thinker which range from his early Russian years to his final work in the 1960s. …
Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy, Revolution, and Society
Av Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stone m. fl.
Häftad, 1982
382 kr
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Alexis de Tocqueville possessed one of the most fertile sociological imaginations of the nineteenth century. For more than 120 years, his uncanny predictive insight has continued to fascinate thinkers, and his writings have continued to influence our interpretations of history and society. His …
