TY - BOOK AU - Ritzer,George TI - Classical sociological theory SN - 0070529728 AV - HM19 .R48 1992 U1 - 301.01 PY - 1992/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Sociology KW - History KW - Methodology KW - Sociologists KW - Biography N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-426) and indexes; TOC; An historical sketch of sociological theory - the early years; a historical sketch of sociological theory - the later years; Auguste Comte - toward a positivistic sociology and a positivistic society; Herbert Spencer - evolutionary theory; Karl Marx - the critique of capitalism; Emile Durkheim - the sociology of moral restraint; Max Weber - the iron cage of rationality; George Simmel - the tragedy of culture; George Herbert Mead - mind, self and society; Alfred Schutz - a sociology of the life world; Talcott Parsons - toward theoretical integration. Appendix - sociological metatheorizing and a metatheoretical schema for analyzing sociological theory; Sociology N2 - Designed as a comprehensive overview of the history of sociological theory and the work of the major theorists, with biographical chapters on such theorists as Comte, Mead, Schutz, Parsons and Spencer, this text is designed for both undergraduates and graduates UR - https://www.worldcat.org/title/classical-sociological-theory/oclc/23766271&referer=brief_results UR - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/1534 ER -