An introduction to classical and contemporary social theory; a critical perspective, 3d ed.0742524930 An introduction to classical and contemporary social theory; a critical perspective, 3d ed. Berberoglu, Berch. Rowman & Littlefield 2005 199 pages $24.00 Paperback HM435 This undergraduate or graduate text can also be used as a reference or supplement to support the texts in question. Berberoglu (sociology, U. of Nevada, Reno) has collected nine articles from classical social theorists, such as Marx and Engels on social class and class struggle, Durkheim on the social order, Weber on power, Freud on the development of society and Du Bois Du Bois (d  `bois, dəbois`), city (1990 pop. 8,286), Clearfield co., W central Pa., in the region of the Allegheny plateau; inc. 1881. and Frasier on race, class and social
emancipation. Contemporary social theorists include Parsons Parsons, city (1990 pop. 11,924), Labette co., SE Kans.; inc. 1871. It is a shipping point for dairy products, grain, and livestock. Manufactures include ammunition, wire and paper products, plastics, and appliances. and Merton
on functionalist func·tion·al·ism n. 1. The doctrine that the function of an object should determine its design and materials. 2. A doctrine stressing purpose, practicality, and utility. 3. theory, Mills on the power elite, Homans on social exchange, and recent developments in feminist theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical, ground. It encompasses work done in a broad variety of disciplines, prominently including the approaches to women's roles and lives and feminist politics in anthropology and sociology, economics, and world systems. The volume closes with Harvey and Callinicos on postmodernism postmodernism, term used to designate a multitude of trends—in the arts, philosophy, religion, technology, and many other areas—that come after and deviate from the many 20th-cent. movements that constituted modernism. and its critics. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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