This volume aims to provide an historical analysis of sociology and its implications today. The author presents a number of contemporary theories, ranging from historical materialism, phenomenology, structuralism and world system theory. The book ranges from analyses of the "Heg…
Between 1915 and 1935 the University of Chicago produced a sociological research that resonated with the lives of urban Americans. These studies focused on delinquents, prostitutes, gangsters, and homeless men. This work offers a survey of some of these monographs such as: "The …
George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) is a central founder of the field of sociology. His stature in the discipline is comparable to that of his contemporaries Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. This title traces the evolution of his thought in both its continuity and change. It aims to an…
The social sciences and humanities are now being swept by a Tardean revival, a rediscovery and reappraisal of the work of this truly unique thinker, for whom ' everything is a society and every science a sociology' . Tarde is being brought forward as the misrecognised forerunner…
Introducing classical and contemporary theory alongside key empirical work, this book explores everyday life sociologies.
An account of the FBI's investigation of prominent American sociologists, based on documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. It suggests that the FBI marginalized critical sociologists and suppressed the development of a Marxist tradition in American sociology.
