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* Includes 12 original essays by leading scholars on major classical social theorists. * Covers the key figures who shaped social theory, such as Marx, Weber and Durkheim, as well as additional classical theorists such as Harriet Martineau and W.E.B. Du Bois.

Table of Contents
Preface.

List of Contributors.

Introduction: Narratives, Geistesgeschichtes, and the History of Social Theory (Doug J. Goodman).

1. Auguste Comte (Mary Pickering).

2. Harriet Martineau (Susan Hoecker-Drysdale).

3. Herbert Spencer (Jonathan H. Turner).

4. Karl Marx (Robert J. Antonio).

5. Max Weber (Stephen Kalberg).

6. Émile Durkheim (Robert Alun Jones).

7. Georg Simmel (Lawrence Scaff).

8. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Charles Lemert).

9. George Herbert Mead (Dimitri N. Shalin).

10. W.E.B. DuBois (Charles Lemert).

11. Alfred Schutz (Mary Rogers).

12. Talcott Parsons (Victor Lidz).

Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 25/04/2003
      ISBN13: 9781405105941, 978-1405105941
      ISBN10: 1405105941

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      * Includes 12 original essays by leading scholars on major classical social theorists. * Covers the key figures who shaped social theory, such as Marx, Weber and Durkheim, as well as additional classical theorists such as Harriet Martineau and W.E.B. Du Bois.

      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      List of Contributors.

      Introduction: Narratives, Geistesgeschichtes, and the History of Social Theory (Doug J. Goodman).

      1. Auguste Comte (Mary Pickering).

      2. Harriet Martineau (Susan Hoecker-Drysdale).

      3. Herbert Spencer (Jonathan H. Turner).

      4. Karl Marx (Robert J. Antonio).

      5. Max Weber (Stephen Kalberg).

      6. Émile Durkheim (Robert Alun Jones).

      7. Georg Simmel (Lawrence Scaff).

      8. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Charles Lemert).

      9. George Herbert Mead (Dimitri N. Shalin).

      10. W.E.B. DuBois (Charles Lemert).

      11. Alfred Schutz (Mary Rogers).

      12. Talcott Parsons (Victor Lidz).

      Index.

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