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This lucidly written, jargon-free text offers an account of the rise of sociological thought from its origins in the eighteenth century. Beginning with the classical sociology of Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Simmel, it goes on to examine the modern paradigms of functionalism, interactionism, structuralism and critical Marxism, and ends by discussing salient contemporary sociological theory, including the theories of Foucault, Baudrillard, Giddens, Habermas and others. Systematic and comprehensive, this is a text that critically engages with sociological theory throughout its development, offering students a path through competing traditions and perspectives that brings out the distinctive value and limitations of these.
ALAN SWINGEWOOD lectures in sociology at the London School of Economics. He is also the author of Cultural Theory and the Problem of Modernity.
PART 1: CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY Modernity, Industrialisation and the Rise of SociologyMarxism: A Critical Science of Capitalist DevelopmentCritique of Positivism 1: DurkheimCritique of Positivism 2: Social ActionMarxism after MarxPART 2: MODERN SOCIOLOGY FunctionalismSelf and Society: Sociological InteractionismStructuralism and Post-StructuralismProblems of Agency and StructurePostmodernity and Sociological TheoryNew Directions in Sociological ThoughtConclusion: Sociology and the Modern World.
'a superb book.' - The Times Higher Education Supplement
