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A Short History of Sociological Thought

  • Textbook
  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Alan Swingewood

    1. London School of Economics, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Foundations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Origins of Sociology

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      Pages 7-28

    3. Industrialisation and the Rise of Sociological Positivism

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      Pages 29-58

    4. Marxism: A Positive Science of Capitalist Development

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      Pages 59-94

  3. Classical Sociology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Critique of Positivism: I Durkheim

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      Pages 97-127

    3. Critique of Positivism: II Social Action

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      Pages 128-170

    4. The Sociology of Class and Domination

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      Pages 171-193

    5. Marxism and Sociology

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      Pages 194-222

  4. Modern Sociology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. Functionalism

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      Pages 225-251

    3. Self, Society and the Sociology of Everyday Life

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      Pages 252-274

    4. Critical Theory, Ideology and Modern Sociology

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      Pages 275-295

    5. Structuralism

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      Pages 296-312

    6. Modernity, Industrialisation and Sociological Theory

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      Pages 313-322

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 323-348
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About this book

This second edition of a highly successful book provides the student with a thematic and problem-centred account of the development of classical and modern sociological theory from its origins in enlightenment philosophy to contemporary debates on the nature of modern society.

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  • London School of Economics, UK

    Alan Swingewood

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