Sociological Theory in the Classical Era: Text and Readings
Trained at UCLA and at NYU respectively, Laura Desfor Edles and Scott Appelrouth were frustrated by their inability to find a sociological theory text that could inspire enthusiasm in undergraduate students while providing them with analytical tools for understanding theory and exposing them to original writings from pivotal theorists. They developed this widely used text/reader to fill that need.\ This affordable text/reader hybrid introduces students to original major writings from...
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Sociologists Edles and Appelrouth (both of California State U.) present an undergraduate level introduction to classical sociology that relies on readings to flesh out the ideas introduced. Individual chapters cover the thought of Karl Marx, mile Durkheim, Max Weber, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Georg Simmel, W. E. B. Du Bois, and George Herbert Mead. Representative readings from their works are preceded, in each case, by a biographical sketch, an elucidation of core ideas, and a discussion of the particular thinker's theoretical orientation. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
IntroductionKarl Marx The German Ideology (1845-46) From Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Alienated Labor The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society From Capital Commodities The General Formula for Capital Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848)Emile Durkheim Rules of Sociological Method (1895) The Division of Labor in Society (1893) Suicide (1897) The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912)Max Weber The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904) From Economy and Society (1925) Class, Status, Party The Types of Legitimate Domination BureaucracyCharlotte Perkins-Gilman The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) Women and Economics (1898)Georg Simmel From The Philosophy of Money (1900) Exchange From Conflict and the Web of Group Affiliations (1908) Conflict Sociability (1910) The Stranger (1908) Fashion (1904) Metropolis and Mental Life (1903)W.E.B. Du Bois The Philadelphia Negro (1899) The Souls of Black Folk (1903) From Darkwater (1920) The Souls of White FolkGeorge Herbert Mead From Mind, Self, and Society (1934) Mind Self Society
\ Jacques Henry"I chose this text because it is largely dedicated to original texts and it offers relevant yet short introductions…. I also particularly like that the intros to individual texts offer context but do not directly summarize or analyze the excerpts."\ \ \ \ \ Edward Lehman“Edles and Appelrouth's new book is a major contribution for those striving to help students understand the essential place of theory in the sociological enterprise. It skillfully demonstrates the contemporary relevance of classical theory, elucidates the complex interplay of empirical research and sociological theory, and makes crystal clear that good theory must always be more than idle speculation. The authors are to be commended for how they interweave biographical sketches, background influences, core ideas, and theoretical orientations, on the one hand, with their inclusion of pivotal primary sources. This book will likely be template that future texts in theory will try to emulate.”\ \
