Reclaiming the Sociological Classics

Charles Camic is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

• List of Contributors. Introduction: Classical Sociological Theory as a Field of Research: Charles Camic (University of Wisconsin at Madison).1. A New Look at Auguste Comte: Mary Pickering (San Jose State University).2. Rethinking Marx: Moishe Postone (University of Chicago).3. Spencer and His Critics: Valerie A. Haines (University of Calgary).4. Classical Social Theory with the Women Founders Included: Lynn MacDonald (University of Guelph).5. The Other Durkheim: History and Theory in the Treatment of Classical Sociological Thought: Robert Alun Jones (University of Illinois at Urbana).6. Simmel Reappraised: Old Images, New Scholarship: Donald N. Levine (University of Chicago).7. Max Weber's Sociology: Research Strategies and Modes of Analysis: Stephen Karlberg (Boston University).8. W. I. Thomas and Robert E. Park: Conceptualizing, Theorizing, and Investigating Social Process: Martin Bulmer (University of Surrey).9. George Herbert Mead and the Renaissance of American Pragmatism in Social Theory: Hans Joas (University of Berlin).10. Acclaiming the Reclaimers: the Trials of Writing Sociology History: Alan Sica (Pennsylvania State University).Index.

"This is the most enjoyable and important book on social theory that I have read in a long time." BSA Network October 1998