Adams, Bert N.; Sydie, R. A.

Sociological Theory

Preface xxiii A Note to Students xxix Section I The European Roots of Sociological Theory 1(58) The Origins of Sociological Theory 3(29) Theorizing After the French Revolution | Saint-Simon, Comte, and Martineau 32(27) Section II Conservative Theories 59(60) Evolutionism and Functionalism | Spencer and Sumner 61(29) Society as Sui Generis | Durkheim 90(29) Section III Radical Theory 119(48) Radical Anticapitalism | Marx and Engels 121(24) Marxism Extended | Lenin and Luxemburg 145(22) Section IV Sociological Theories of Complexity and Form 167(56) Social Action and Societal Complexity | Max Weber and Marianne Weber 169(28) The Sociology of Form and Content | Simmel 197(26) Section V Sociological Theories of Politics and Economics 223(42) Political Sociological Theories | Pareto and Michels 225(20) Economic Sociological Theories | Veblen and Schumpeter 245(20) Section VI Other Voices in Sociological Theorizing 265(78) Society and Gender | Gilman and Webb 267(24) Sociological Theory and Race | Du Bois 291(19) Society, Self, and Mind | Cooley, Mead, and Freud 310(33) Section VII Twentieth-Century Functionalism and Beyond 343(50) Twentieth-Century Functionalism | Parsons and Merton 345(24) Systems, Structuration, and Modernity | Luhmann and Giddens 369(24) Section VIII Criticism, Marxism, and Change 393(84) Critical Theory | The Frankfurt School and Habermas 395(30) Marxism Since 1930 | Poulantzas, Althusser, Dunayevskaya, and Wright 425(23) Sociocultural Change: Evolution, World System, and Revolution | Service, Wallerstein, and Skocpol 448(29) Section IX Transitions and Challenges 477(134) Mid-Twentieth-Century Sociology 479(23) Symbolic Interactionism | Blumer, Goffman, and Hochschild 502(24) Rational Choice and Exchange | Coleman 526(18) Feminist Sociological Theory | Smith and Collins 544(30) Knowledge, Truth, and Power | Foucault and Feminist Responses 574(26) Final Thoughts on Sociological Theorizing 600(11) Credits 611 Index I-1