ISBN:
9780582320239
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (396 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Classic and Contemporary Readings in Sociology
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Classic and Contemporary Readings in Sociology introduces the reader to sociological issues, theories and debates, providing extracts of primary source material, from both classical and contemporary theorists. Theorists are examined within their historical and sociological framework and the text provides an analysis of developments in sociological thought and research. The text is divided into four main sections: Part One, Origins and Concepts, surveys the history of the discipline of sociology and examines key themes which have influenced sociological theorising and investigation, in particul
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; HalfTitle; TitlePage; CopyrightPage; Table ofContents; Preface; Aims; Readership; Features; Acknowledgements; Part I:Origins and Concepts; 1.Introduction; 2.The two revolutions; The Themes of Industrialism; Democracy as Revolution; Individualization, Abstraction, Generalization; Questions; 3.Social control; Questions; 4.Cultural diversity (1): Religion and witchcraft; Questions; 5.Cultural diversity (2): Learning sex roles; Manus Attitudes towards Sex; Questions; 6.Culture and civilization; Notes; Questions; 7.Socialisation and gender roles; Introduction; 19 August 1981 (birth)
Description / Table of Contents:
Winter 1981-82 (3 to 7 months)14 February 1983 (18 months); 3 May 1983 (21 months); 28 December 1983 (2 years 4 months); Epilogue; Questions; 8. Culture and socialisation:The role of the soap opera; Confessions of a Soap Opera Addict; The daytime serials are more than I bargained for; Questions; Further Reading; Activity; Part II:Sociological Theories; 9.Introduction; 10.The law of human progress; Introduction - Account of the Aim of the Work - View of theNature and Importance of the Positive Philosophy; Law of human progress; Ultimate point of each; Evidences of the law; Questions
Description / Table of Contents:
11.The social suicide rateEgoistic Suicide; Altruistic Suicide; Anomie Suicide; The Social Element of Suicide; Questions; 12.Bourgeois and proletarians: Marx's analysis of class relationships (1); 13.The French peasantry of the mid-nineteenth century: Marx's analysis of class relationships (2); Questions on Readings 12 and 13; 14.The role of religion (1); Introduction; Subject of our Study: Religious Sociology and the Theory ofKnowledge; Questions; 15.The role of religion (2); Questions; 16.Verstehen and the Protestant ethic; Questions; 17.Parsons and grand theory; Grand Theory
Description / Table of Contents:
Parsons writesQuestions; 18.The development of self; The Contributions of the 'Me' and the 'I'; Questions; 19.Stigma; Social Information; Visibility; Questions; 20.Critical theory and human needs; Questions; 21.The second sex; The Married Woman; Questions; 22.The theory of sexual politics; Questions; 23.Black women and feminist theory; Questions; 24.City cultures and postmodern lifestyles; Questions; 25.Disciplinary control; Hierarchical Observation; Questions; Further Reading; Activity; Part III:Differences and Inequalities; 26. Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
27.Changes in the structure of industrial societiessince MarxOwnership and Control, or the Decomposition of Capital; Skill and Stratification, or the Decomposition of Labor; The 'New Middle Class'; Social Mobility; Equality in Theory and Practice; Questions; 28.Classes in the industrial societies; Questions; 29.Are social classes dying?; Politics: Less Class, More Fragmentation; Economic Organisation Changes: Sources of a New MarketIndividualism; A Slimmer Family; Conclusion; Questions; 30.The persistence of classes in post-industrial societies; The Persistence of Classes
Description / Table of Contents:
Are Social Classes Dying? No
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
