Sociological Theories
...• Stability
• Order
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Emile Durkheim (1858-1917):
• Part/Whole: functional analysis
• "Social Facts" (see also)
• Integration
• Solidarity and the sociology of religion
• Theory of Suicide (see also, Durkheim's theory of suicide)
• Anomie. (see also and this chart by Jim Spickard, or this local copy)
Robert Park and Ernst Burgess:
• Social Disorganization
Talcot Parsons 1902-1979: The Social System
Robert Merton 1910--2003:
• Micro/Macro
• Theory/Methods
• Manifest and Latent Functions (The Sacred Cow in India)
• Dysfunctions.
• See also, wikipedia on Merton
Reform tradition:
• Lester Ward 1841-1913
• Jane Addams 1860-1935
[pic]Conflict Theory:
• Macro
• Change
• Inequality and exploitation (see also: Marx, capitalism, and exploitation)
• Power
• Competition between opposing groups
• Focal concern--forces that inhibit change
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Karl Marx 1818-1883:
(see also, "The Dead Sociologists' Index" on Marx, and Sociosite on Marx)
• Marx's Grave
• Marx Archives
• Marx and Engels
• Dialectics
• Materialism
• Social Class
• The Communist Manifesto (1848)
• Revolution and Alienation.
W.E.B. DuBois, (see also: DuBois) 1868-1963 (online version of: The Souls of Black Folks, 1903)
C. Wright Mills 1916-1962
Feminism
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Functionalism and Conflict Theory on Popular Music
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[pic]Interactionism:
• Micro
• Process
• Communication
• Interpretation
• Definition of the Situation
• Non-verbal communication
• Symbols
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Max Weber 1864-1920:
• Life and Works
• Vs. Marx
• Ideal type analysis
• Science (Natural and Social) and Value Freedom
• Verstehen
• The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of...
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