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Beginning classical social theory
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This book introduces students and educated general readers to thirteen key social theorists by way of examining a single, exemplary text by each author, ranging from Comte to Adorno. It answers the need for a book that helps students develop the skill to critically read theory.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: If it is not mysterious, it is not social theory
- 2 The well-planned reorganization of society: Auguste Comte
- 3 If you can’t beat democracy, join it: Alexis de Tocqueville
- 4 Pariahs of the world, unite! Flora Tristan
- 5 Capitalist modernity is the real savagery: Karl Marx
- 6 The conflict of community and society: Ferdinand Tönnies
- 7 There is some Thing out there: Emile Durkheim
- 8 The double-consciousness: W. E. B. Du Bois
- 9 From good to bad capitalism and back: Max Weber
- 10 Strangers who are from here: Georg Simmel
- 11 Love, marriage and patriarchy: Marianne Weber
- 12 Critical versus traditional theory: Max Horkheimer
- 13 What is a woman, and who is asking anyway? Simone de Beauvoir
- 14 Society as mediation: Theodor W. Adorno
- Recommendations for further reading
- Index
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