Social theory re-wired : new connections to classical and contemporary perspectives /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2012.
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| Series: | Contemporary sociological perspectives series.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Section I. Emergence through convergence : the puzzles of social order. Introductory essay : This deserted island is out of order. Classical connections : Emile Durkheim. The rules of sociological method / Emile Durkheim ; The division of labor in society / Emile Durkheim ; Suicide / Emile Durkheim ; Elementary forms of religious life / Emile Durkheim
- Contemporary extensions : social order re-wired. Categories of the orientation and organization of action / Talcott Parsons and Edward Shils ; Studies in ethnomethodology / Harold Garfinkel ; The social construction of reality / Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann
- Section II. Networks of capital : dimensions of global capitalism. Introductory essay : Salvaging what wall street left behind. Classical connections : Karl Marx. The German ideology / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels ; Manifesto of the Communist Party / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels ; Capital / Karl Marx ; Economic and philosophic manuscripts of 1844 / Karl Marx
- Contemporary extensions : Capital re-wired. The rise and future demise of the world capitalist system / Immanuel Wallerstein ; Materials for an exploratory theory of the network society / Manuel Castells ; The forms of capital / Pierre Bourdieu ; Distinction / Pierre Bourdieu
- Section III. Pathway to meltdown : theorizing the dark side of modernity. Introductory essay : Your smart phone might be an evil genius. Classical connections : Max Weber. The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism / Max Weber ; Basic sociological terms / Max Weber ; The types of legitimate domination / Max Weber ; Bureaucracy / Max Weber ; Class, status, party / Max Weber
- Contemporary extensions : The rational society re-wired. One-dimensional man / Herbert Marcuse ; Toward a rational society / Jurgen Habermas ; Discipline and punish / Michel Foucault ; The consequences of modernity / Anthony Giddens
- Section IV. Shifting the paradigm : excluded voices, alternative knowledges. Introductory essay : Webs of knowledge in the digital divide. Classical connections : W.E.B. DuBois and Simone de Beauvoir. The souls of Black folk / W.E.B. Du Bois ; The second sex / Simone de Beauvoir
- Contemporary extensions : Paradigms re-wired. Racial formation in the United States / Michael Omi and Howard Winant ; Black skin, White masks / Frantz Fanon ; Orientalism / Edward Said ; The conceptual practices of power / Dorothy Smith ; Black feminist thought / Patricia Hill Collins
- Section V. Rise of the avatar : connecting self and society. Introductory essay : Through the looking-glass of Facebook. Classical connections : George Herbert Mead and Georg Simmel. Self / George Herbert Mead ; The metropolis and mental life / Georg Simmel ; The stranger / Georg Simmel
- Contemporary extensions : Identity re-wired. The presentation of self in everyday life / Erving Goffman ; The history of sexuality / Michel Foucault ; Gender trouble / Judith Butler ; From pilgrim to tourist : or a short history of identity / Zygmunt Bauman.