Sociological Theory in the Classical Era: Text and Readings - Softcover

Edles, Laura D.; Appelrouth, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761928022 ISBN 13: 9780761928027

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Sociological Theory in the Classical Era is a highly-acclaimed new text which utilizes the unique and increasingly popular text/reader approach. The book presents major readings by sociology′s key classical theorists, including Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, Georg Simmel, W.E.B. Du Bois, and George Herbert Mead. The corresponding text written by Laura Desfor Edles and Scott Appelrouth gives students the analytical framework necessary for them to develop a more critical and gratifying understanding of the ideas advanced by these theorists.
 

About this title

About the Author:

Laura Desfor Edles (PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990) is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Northridge. She is the author of Symbol and Ritual in the New Spain: The Transition to Democracy after Franco (1998) and Cultural Sociology in Practice (2002), as well as various articles on culture, theory, race/ethnicity, and social movements.

Review:

“Edles and Appelrouth′s new book is a major contribution for those striving to help students understand the essential place of theory in the sociological enterprise.  It skillfully demonstrates the contemporary relevance of classical theory, elucidates the complex interplay of empirical research and sociological theory, and makes crystal clear that good theory must always be more than idle speculation.  The authors are to be commended for how they interweave biographical sketches, background influences, core ideas, and theoretical orientations, on the one hand, with their inclusion of pivotal primary sources.  This book will likely be template that future texts in theory will try to emulate.”

Author: Edward Lehman

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0761928022
• ISBN 13: 9780761928027
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416