Key thinkers

Links to Sociological Theorists

The following links will give you access to a number of internet resources about prominent sociologists.


Baudrillard www.uta.edu/english/apt/collab/baudweb.html	This site provides an extensive list of links that should take you to anything that you need to know about Baudrillard
Bourdieu http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/bourdieu/	A forum devoted to Bourdieu - you have to subscribe to join the discussion
De Beauvoir www.flinet.com/~carp/specbib.htm	There is a comprehensive collection of primary and secondary sources
Durkheim http://durkheim.itgo.com/	Here is a comprehensive site on Durkheim aimed specifically at the undergraduate student
Foucault www.thefoucauldian.co.uk/archaeology.htm	This link leads to Foucault's own writings on the Unity of Discourses, which is central to understanding his contribution to our understanding of power
Giddens www.lse.ac.uk/Giddens/	This is Giddens' own homepage, so a direct link to the man himself
Goffman http://ess.ntu.ac.uk/miller/cyberpsych/goffman.htm	Here is an interesting paper applying the ideas of Goffman in his "Presentation of Self in Everyday Life' to the Internet
Habermas www.helsinki.fi/~amkauppi/hablinks.html	A comprehensive web directory on Habermas. As one of the more difficult sociologists to understand, the variety of web pages you are directed to should enable you to find your level
Marx http://eserver.org/marx/	This site contains a searchable database of all the major works of Marx and Engels, allowing you to research the original meanings of their ideas
Simmel www2.pfeiffer.edu/~lridener/courses/STRANGER.HTML	For a flavour of the work of Georg Simmel, you should go no further than 'The Stranger'
Weber www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/Theorists/Weber/Whome.htm	This site offers a basic introduction to the concepts of Max Weber