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Perspectives in sociology / E.C. Cuff, W.W. Sharrock and D.W. Francis.

By: Cuff, E. C.
Contributor(s): Sharrock, W. W. (Wes W.) | Francis, D. W.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Routledge, 2006Edition: 5th ed.Description: vi, 422 p. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780415301114; 0415301114.Subject(s): Sociology | Sociology -- HistoryDDC classification: 301
Contents:
Introduction: rethinking sociology -- Part I -- Karl Marx -- Max Weber -- Emile Durkheim -- Part II -- Consensus and conflict -- Symbolic interaction -- Ethnomethodology -- Part III -- Western Marxism -- Structuralism -- Part IV -- Poststructuralism: abandoning reason -- Michel Foucault -- Poststructuralism and postmodernity -- Back to sociology theory?: theoreticism and synthesis -- Part V -- From class to culture: a historical sketch -- Emancipatory sociology: feminism, queer theory and postcolonial theory -- Conclusion.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From its first edition in 1979, Perspectives in Sociologyhas provided generations of undergraduates with a clear, reassuring introduction to the complications of sociological theory. This revised and updated edition features:

a concise introduction to the major debates of the twentieth century, placing them in historical and philosophical context information on thinkers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century whose relevance to modern social thought is only now being recognized, e.g. Nietszche, Saussure, Simmel connections drawn between post-structuralist thinkers like Foucault and Derrida and the founding figures of sociology: Marx, Weber and Durkheim a completely rewritten chapter on the 'Synthesisers' - Bourdieu, Habermas and Giddens - and their attempts to generate a consensus from the apparently conflicting theories of their predecessors a new chapter reviewing the rise of British sociology, with particular reference to the political context and the changing role of 'class' in sociological thinking a new chapter describing the attempts of sociological theorists to explain current concerns, problems, and issues in the areas of gender, (homo)sexuality, and ethnicity in the context of the postcolonial world.

While retaining its emphasis and wealth of information on the founding figures of sociology, this fifth edition now features a new easy-to-read format, (with particular attention paid to the linking and cross-referencing of chapters), and includes much new material on contemporary social theory with particular reference to its attempts to tackle current problems and issues in the areas of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity in the postcolonial context.

Previous ed.: 1998.

Bibliography: (pages 400-410) and indexes.

Introduction: rethinking sociology -- Part I -- Karl Marx -- Max Weber -- Emile Durkheim -- Part II -- Consensus and conflict -- Symbolic interaction -- Ethnomethodology -- Part III -- Western Marxism -- Structuralism -- Part IV -- Poststructuralism: abandoning reason -- Michel Foucault -- Poststructuralism and postmodernity -- Back to sociology theory?: theoreticism and synthesis -- Part V -- From class to culture: a historical sketch -- Emancipatory sociology: feminism, queer theory and postcolonial theory -- Conclusion.

CIT Module SOCI6003 - Supplementary reading

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Introduction: rethinking sociology
  • Part 1
  • 2 Karl Marx
  • 3 Max Weber
  • 4 Emile Durkheim
  • Part 2
  • 5 Consensus and Conflict
  • 6 Symbolic Interaction
  • 7 Ethnomethodology
  • Part 3
  • 8 Western Marxism
  • 9 Structuralism
  • Part 4
  • 10 Poststructuralism: Abandoning Reason
  • 11 Michel Foucault
  • 12 Poststructuralism and Postmodernity
  • 13 Back to Sociological Theory?: Theoreticism and Synthesis
  • 14 From Class to Culture
  • 15 Emancipatory Sociology
  • 16 Conclusion"

Author notes provided by Syndetics

E.C. Cuff was formerly Head of the Department of Educational Studies at the Didsbury School of Education, Manchester Polytechnic; W.W. Sharrockis Professor of Sociology at Manchester University; D.W. Francisis Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University.