Classical Sociology / Edition 1

by Bryan S Turner

Overview

In this book, one of the foremost sociologists of the present day, turns his gaze upon the key figures and seminal institutions in the rise of sociology. Turner examines the work of Karl Marx, Max Weber, Karl Mannheim, Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim and Talcott Parsons to produce a rich and authoritative perspective on the classical tradition. He argues that classical sociology has developed on many fronts, including debates on the family, religion, the city, social stratification, generations and citizenship. The book defends classical perspectives as a living tradition for understanding contemporary social life and demonstrates how the classical tradition produces an agenda for contemporary sociology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761964582
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/06/1999
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Bryan S. Turner is Professor of Sociology in the Asian Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore. Previously he was Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge from 1998-2005. His research interests include globalization and religion, concentrating on such issues as religious conflict and the modern state, religious authority and electronic information, religious, consumerism and youth cultures, human rights and religion, the human body, medical change, and religious cosmologies. He is Joint Chief Editor of the journal Citizenship Studies and serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals.

Table of Contents

Preface - The Sociological Classics
Part I CLASSICAL THEORY
The Central Themes of Sociology: An Introduction
Max Weber's Reception into Classical Sociology
Max Weber and Karl Marx
Max Weber on Economy and Society
Emile Durkheim on Civil Society
Karl Mannheim on Ideology and Utopia
Karl Mannheim and the Sociology of Culture
Georg Simmel and the Sociology of Money
Talcott Parsons on the Social System
Part II THE EARLY SOCIOLOGY OF INSTITUTIONS
The Sociology and Anthropology of Religion
The Sociology of the City
The Sociology of Social Stratification
The Sociology and Anthropology of the Family
The Sociology of Generations - with Ron Eyerman
The Sociology of Citizenship
Conclusion - Coherence and Rupture in the Discipline of Sociology