Sociological Theory, 6/e

A Historical Sketch of Sociological Theory: The Early Years

Chapter 1 Chapter Outline

Introduction
1. Figure: Sociological Theory: The Early Years
Social Forces in the Development of Sociological Theory
1. Biographical Sketch: Abdel Rahman Ibn-Khaldun
2. Political Revolutions
3. The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Capitalism
4. The Rise of Socialism
5. Feminism
6. Urbanization
7. Religious Change
8. The Growth of Science
Intellectual Forces and the Rise of Sociological Theory
1. The Enlightenment
2. The Conservative Reaction to the Enlightenment
The Development of French Sociology
1. Claude Henri Saint-Simon
2. Auguste Comte
3. Emile Durkheim
  1. Social Facts
  2. Religion
The Development of German Sociology
1. The Roots and Nature of the Theories of Karl Marx
  1. Hegel
  2. Feuerbach
  3. Marx, Hegel, Feuerbach
  4. Political Economy
  5. Marx and Sociology
  6. Marx's Theory
2. The Roots and Nature of the Theories of Max Weber and Georg Simmel
  1. Weber and Marx
  2. Other Influences on Weber
  3. Weber's Theory
  4. The Acceptance of Weber's Theory
  5. Simmel's Theory
  6. Biographical Sketch: Sigmund Freud
The Origins of British Sociology
1. Political Economy, Ameliorism, and Social Evolution
  1. Political Economy
  2. Ameliorism
  3. Social Evolution
2. Herbert Spencer
  1. Spencer and Comte
  2. Evolutionary Theory
  3. The Reaction against Spencer in Britain
The Key Figure In Early Italian Sociology
Turn-of-the-Century Developments in European Marxism
The Contemporary Relevance of Classical Sociological Theory
Summary

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