06/04/18 Sociological Theory: The Classics | University of Kent Sociological Theory: The Classics (2017-2018) View Online 294 items A Note on Textbooks (18 items) There are a variety of introductory textbooks that you may find useful as guides into the main literature. There is no single book that we would especially recommend as the main text for this course, rather, we would prefer you to read as widely as possible. You should aim to move from introductory texts to read more advanced studies. We strongly recommend that you make the effort to read theorists in their own words. We shall recommend chapters from a selection of introductory texts as required reading for seminars. Recommended for Purchase (4 items) Sociological theory: classical statements - Ashley, David, Orenstein, David Michael, 2005 Book | Core (Must Read) Classical social theory - Craib, Ian, 1997 Book | Core (Must Read) Understanding classical sociology: Marx, Weber, Durkheim - Hughes, John A., Sharrock, W. W., Martin, Peter J., 2003 Book | Core (Must Read) | Sociological lives and ideas: an introduction to the classical theorists - Pampel, Fred C., c2007 Book | Core (Must Read) Other useful books: (14 items) Classical sociological theory - Adams, Bert N., Sydie, R. A., 2002 Book | Recommended (Should Read) Main currents in sociological thought - Aron, R., 1968-70 Book | Recommended (Should Read) Social theory: a historical introduction - Callinicos, Alex, 2007 Book | Recommended (Should Read) The art of sociological argument - Crow, Graham, 2005 Book | Recommended (Should Read) Introduction to sociological theory: theorists, concepts, and their applicability to the 1/25
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06/04/18 Sociological Theory: The Classics | University of Kent
Sociological Theory: The Classics(2017-2018)
View Online
294 items
A Note on Textbooks (18 items)There are a variety of introductory textbooks that you may find useful as guides into themain literature. There is no single book that we would especially recommend as the maintext for this course, rather, we would prefer you to read as widely as possible. You shouldaim to move from introductory texts to read more advanced studies. We stronglyrecommend that you make the effort to read theorists in their own words. We shallrecommend chapters from a selection of introductory texts as required reading forseminars.
06/04/18 Sociological Theory: The Classics | University of Kent
More Detailed Studies; (11 items)
Social theory and sociology: the classics and beyond - Turner, Stephen P., 1996Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Alexander, J. (1996) ‘The centrality of the
Classics’,chapter 2
Why Is Classical Theory Classical? - R. W. Connell, 1997-05Article | Recommended (Should Read)
A Sociological Guilt Trip: Comment on Connell - Randall Collins, 1997-05Article | Recommended (Should Read)
Classical Social Theory and the Origins of Modern Sociology - Anthony GiddensArticle | Recommended (Should Read)
In defence of sociology: essays, interpretations and rejoinders - Giddens, Anthony, 1996Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Giddens, A. (1996) ‘Four Myths in the History of
Social Thought’. Chapter 7
The sociological ambition: elementary forms of social and moral life - Shilling, Chris, Mellor,Philip A., 2001
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The communist manifesto: new interpretations ; including, in full, The Manifesto of theCommunist-Party translated by Terrell Carver) - Marx, Karl, Cowling, Mark, 1998
Book | Recommended (Should Read)
The art of sociological argument - Crow, Graham, 2005Book | Chapter 2
An Introduction to Karl Marx - Jon Elster, 1986Book | Recommended (Should Read)
Making sense of Marx - Elster, Jon, 1985Book | Recommended (Should Read)
Marxism and social science - Gamble, Andrew, Marsh, David, Tant, Tony, 1999Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Fiedan, J. (2006) Global Capitalism: Its fall and
rise in the twentieth century.
A brief history of neoliberalism - Harvey, David, Dawsonera, 2005Book | Recommended (Should Read)
The enigma of capital: and the crises of capitalism - David Harvey, 2011Book | Recommended (Should Read)
The enigma of capital: and the crises of capitalism - Harvey, David, 2010Book | Recommended (Should Read)
The Marx reader - Karl Marx, Christopher Pierson, 1997Book | Recommended (Should Read)
In their own words (4 items)You should also read his ‘Preface’ to a ‘A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy’(1859) This can be found in various places:
The invention of theory: A transnational case study of the changing status of Max Weber’sProtestant ethic thesis - Stefan Bargheer, 2017-12
Article
Figures of Weberian Marxism - Michael Löwy, 1996Article
In their own words (2 items)Reading Max Weber in his own words can be an extremely challenging experience. Do notlet this put you off! When you read Weber, makes sure that you have a good commentaryto hand in order to help you make sense of the text. In this regard, the editor’sintroductions to his published works can be very useful. For this lecture I would like you tohave a go at reading The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism - Weber, Max, 2009Book | Recommended (Should Read)
The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism – Max WeberWebpage | Recommended (Should Read)
Week 19: Max Weber: The Process of Rationalization (37items)
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From Max Weber: essays in sociology - Max Weber, Hans Heinrich Gerth, C. Wright Mills,c2009
Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Introduction: The Man and His Work
Disenchantment, Enchantment and Re-Enchantment: Max Weber at the Millennium -Richard Jenkins, 2000
Article
Max Weber's Types of Rationality: Cornerstones for the Analysis of RationalizationProcesses in History - Stephen Kalberg, 1980
Article
Rationality and Freedom: Weber and Beyond - Donald N. LEVINE, 1981-01Article
Max Weber on Churches and Sects in North America: An Alternative Path towardRationalization - Colin Loader, Jeffrey C. Alexander, 1985-21
Article
Rationalization and the Deprofessionalization of Physicians - George Ritzer, David Walczak,1988-09
Article
In their own words (3 items)I would like you to try reading the advice Weber gave to his graduate students in thisessay Science as a Vocation. You may also find it useful to read the sections on‘Bureaucracy’ in his essays on Economy and Society.
From Max Weber: essays in sociology - Weber, Max, Gerth, Hans Heinrich, Mills, C. Wright,c2009
Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Chapter 4 and 7
The theory of social and economic organization - Weber, Max, Henderson, A. M., Parsons,Talcott, 1947
Book | Recommended (Should Read) | pp.329-41
Science as a VocationWebpage | Recommended (Should Read)
Week 20: Émile Durkheim : The Division of Labour in Society (26 items)
In their own words: (5 items)Once you have acquainted yourself with the basic arguments in The Division of Labour inSociety, try reading the chapter on ‘The Progress of the Division of Labour and ofHappiness’. If you get on with this, you may also try reading his essay on ‘TheDetermination of Moral Facts’ in the collection on Sociology and Philosophy.
The division of labour in society - Durkheim,Emile, 1984
Book | Recommended (Should Read)
Sociology and philosophy - Durkheim,Emile, Parsons, Talcott, 1974
Émile Durkheim on morality and society: selected writings - Émile Durkheim, 1973Book | Recommended (Should Read) | ‘Introduction’ to Emile Durkheim on Morality and
Society.
The art of sociological argument - Crow, Graham, 2005Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Chapter 3
Durkheim and modern sociology - Fenton, Steve, 1984Book | Recommended (Should Read)
The division of labour in society - Durkheim,Emile, 1984
Emile Durkheim: sociologist and moralist - Turner, Stephen P., Dawsonera, 1993Book | Recommended (Should Read)
Debating Durkheim - Pickering, W. S. F., Martins, Herminio, British Centre for DurkheimianStudies, 1994
Book | Recommended (Should Read)
Durkheim's sociology of religion: themes and theories - Pickering, W. S. F., 1984Book | Recommended (Should Read)
Durkheim and modern education - Walford, Geoffrey, Pickering, W. S. F., Economic andSocial Research Council (Great Britain), British Centre for Durkheimian Studies, 1998
Book | Recommended (Should Read)
Emile Durkheim, 1858-1917: a collection of essays, with translations and a bibliography -Wolff, Kurt H., Durkheim,Emile, [1960]
Book | Recommended (Should Read)
Durkheim - Anthony Giddens, 1978Book | Recommended (Should Read)
Politics, sociology and social theory: encounters with classical and contemporary socialthought - Anthony Giddens, 1995
Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Durkheim’s Political Sociologyalternatively see his ‘Introduction’ to Durkheim on Politics and the State
Emile Durkheim, his life and work: a historical and critical study - Steven Lukes, 1973Book | Recommended (Should Read)
Durkheim on politics and the state - Emile Durkheim, 1986Book | Recommended (Should Read)
In their own words (5 items)Try reading his essay on ‘Individualism and the Intellectuals’ [to get to grips with this itwould be useful to do some background reading on ‘the Dreyfus Affair’, see Lukes (1973)pp.332-49]. It would also be useful to look at the sections printed from his writings oneducation and politics in the various Selections and Readers.
Why Is Classical Theory Classical? - R. W. Connell, 1997-05Article | Recommended (Should Read)
Classical sociological theory - Ritzer, George, Goodman, Douglas J., 2004Book | Recommended (Should Read) | chapters 4, 9. 10 and 11
Expanding the Classical in Classical Sociology - G. Wickham, 2007-11-01Article | Recommended (Should Read)
SOCIOLOGY: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE PUBLIC - JOEY SPRAGUEArticle | Recommended (Should Read)
American Sociology Rewrites Its History - Richard F. HamiltonArticle | Recommended (Should Read)
Teaching Social Theory with an Applied Perspective - 2007-03-20Article | Recommended (Should Read)
Reclaiming the sociological classics: the state of the scholarship - Camic, Charles, 1997Book | Recommended (Should Read) | McDonald, L. (1997) “Classical Social Theory with
the Women Founders Included.
Textbooks, the History of Sociology, and the Sociological Stock of Knowledge - Mary JoDeegan, 2003-09
Article
A Nobel Trinity: Jane Addams, Emily Greene Balch and Alva Myrdal - Misztal, BA, 2009-12Journal
Pragmatism and empirical sociology: the case of Jane Addams and Hull-House, 1889-1895- Erik Schneiderhan, 2011
Article | Recommended (Should Read)
HOLY MEN AND BIG GUNS - JOEY SPRAGUE, 1997-02Article | Recommended (Should Read)
"Why Don't I Know about These Women?": The Integration of Early Women Sociologists inClassical Theory Courses - Jan E. Thomas and Annis Kukulan, 2004
Article | Recommended (Should Read)
Florence Kelley - Andrew R. Timming, 2004-11Article | Recommended (Should Read)
Week 24: The Contemporary Relevance of 'the Classics' (20 items)
Classical social theory - Ian Craib, 1997Book | Core (Must Read) | Chapter 2
OR (1 items)
Classical social theory: a contemporary approach - Tucker, Kenneth H., 2002Book | Core (Must Read) | Chapter 1
More Detailed Studies: (17 items)
Social theory and sociology: the classics and beyond - Turner, Stephen P., 1996Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Alexander, J. (1996) ‘The centrality of the
Classics’. Chapter 2
Social theory and sociology: the classics and beyond - Turner, Stephen P., 1996Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Calhoun, C. ‘Whose Classics? Which Readings?
Interpretation and Cultural Difference in the Canonization of Sociological Theory. Chapter 5
A Sociological Guilt Trip: Comment on Connell - Randall Collins, 1997-05Article | Recommended (Should Read)
Why Is Classical Theory Classical? - R. W. Connell, 1997-05Article | Recommended (Should Read)
The sociological ambition: elementary forms of social and moral life - Shilling, Chris, Mellor,Philip A., 2001
In defence of sociology: essays, interpretations and rejoinders - Giddens, Anthony, 1996Book | Recommended (Should Read) | Giddens, A. (1996) ‘Four Myths in the History of
Social Thought’. Chapter 7
Classical Social Theory and the Origins of Modern Sociology - Anthony GiddensArticle | Recommended (Should Read)
Viewpoint: Why bother with Durkheim? Teaching sociology in the 1990s - David Parker,1997-02