Sociological Theory
(Paperback)by George RitzerPublisher: Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd (2011)
Book Summary of Sociological Theory
About the Author
George Ritzer is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland. His major areas of interest are sociological theory and the sociology of consumption. He has served as Chair of the American Sociological Association's Sections on Theoretical Sociology (1989-1990) and Organizations and Occupations (1980-1981). Professor Ritzer has been Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland and has been awarded a Teaching Excellence award. He has held the UNESCO chair in Social Theory at the Russian Academy of Sciences and a fulbright-Hays Fellowship. He has been Scholar-in-Residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences.
Table of Contents
George Ritzer is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland. His major areas of interest are sociological theory and the sociology of consumption. He has served as Chair of the American Sociological Association's Sections on Theoretical Sociology (1989-1990) and Organizations and Occupations (1980-1981). Professor Ritzer has been Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland and has been awarded a Teaching Excellence award. He has held the UNESCO chair in Social Theory at the Russian Academy of Sciences and a fulbright-Hays Fellowship. He has been Scholar-in-Residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences.
Table of Contents
- PART 1: Classical Sociological Theory
- 1: A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory The Early Years
2: Karl Marx
3: Emile Durkheim
4: Max Weber
5: Georg Simmel
- 6: A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The LaterYears
7: Structural Functionalism, Neofunctionalism, and Conflict Theory
8: Varieties of Neo-Marxian Theory
9: Systems Theory
10: Symbolic Interactionism
11: Ethnomethodology
12: Exchange, Network, and Rational Choice Theories
13: Contemporary Feminist Theory
- 14: Micro Macro Integration
15: Agency-Structure Integration
- 16: Contemporary Theories of Modernity
17: Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and the Emergence of Postmodern Social Theory