ISBN:
9783030782054
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (714 pages)
Series Statement:
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Handbook of classical sociological theory
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Sociology-Philosophy
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Soziologische Theorie
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 The ``Classics´´ -- 1.2 The Problems with ``Classical´´ Theory -- 1.2.1 What Is ``Classical?´´ -- 1.2.2 What Should We Get from Classical Theory? -- 1.2.3 Are There Alternatives to How We Currently Do it? -- 1.3 A Path Forward? -- 1.4 Organization of the Handbook -- 1.5 Overarching Concerns -- 1.6 Central Dynamics -- 1.7 Spheres of Social Life -- 1.8 New Social Forms -- 1.9 Interactions, Symbols, and Psyche -- 1.10 Identifying Conceptual Threads -- 1.11 In Closing -- References -- Part I: Overarching Questions -- Chapter 2: The Methods and Surprises of Sociological Theory: Ideas, Postulates, Predictions, Distributions, Unification -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Givens: A Few Building Blocks -- 2.2.1 Two Theories-Status and Justice -- 2.2.2 Distribution of the Input in the Status Function and the Justice Evaluation Function -- 2.3 Ideas, Intuitions, Insights -- 2.4 Provenance and Properties of Postulates -- 2.4.1 Provenance of Postulates -- 2.4.2 Properties of Postulates -- 2.5 Predictions, and Novel Predictions -- 2.6 Deriving the Status Distribution and the Justice Evaluation Distribution -- 2.6.1 Methods for Deriving the Outcome Distributions -- 2.6.2 The Status Distribution -- 2.6.3 The Justice Evaluation Distribution -- 2.7 Theoretical Unification -- 2.7.1 Little Unification Surprises -- 2.7.2 New Unified Theory -- 2.7.3 Deeper Unification to Come -- 2.8 Concluding Note -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 3: Modernity as a Classical Problem in Sociological Theory -- 3.1 Introduction: Modernity and Sociology as Twin Concepts. -- 3.2 The Ambivalence of Modernity in Classical Theory -- 3.2.1 The Advent of the ``Social´´: Three Traditions of Inquiry -- 3.2.1.1 The ``Natural´´ Evolution of Society -- 3.2.1.2 The Problem of Social Solidarity -- 3.2.1.3 The Quest for Community.
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