Reclaiming the Sociological Classics The State of the Scholarship [Hardcover]

This volume is a collection of original essays by sociologists and intellectual historians who have been leading figures in recent scholarship on the classical sociological theorists.List of Contributors.

Introduction: Classical Sociological Theory as a Field of Research: Charles Camic (University of Wisconsin at Madison).

1. A New Look at Auguste Comte: Mary Pickering (San Jose State University).

2. Rethinking Marx: Moishe Postone (University of Chicago).

3. Spencer and His Critics: Valerie A. Haines (University of Calgary).

4. Classical Social Theory with the Women Founders Included: Lynn MacDonald (University of Guelph).

5. The Other Durkheim: History and Theory in the Treatment of Classical Sociological Thought: Robert Alun Jones (University of Illinois at Urbana).

6. Simmel Reappraised: Old Images, New Scholarship: Donald N. Levine (University of Chicago).

7. Max Weber's Sociology: Research Strategies and Modes of Analysis: Stephen Karlberg (Boston University).

8. W. I. Thomas and Robert E. Park: Conceptualizing, Theorizing, and Investigating Social Process: Martin Bulmer (University of Surrey).

9. George Herbert Mead and the Renaissance of American Pragmatism in Social Theory: Hans Joas (University of Berlin).

10. Acclaiming the Reclaimers: the Trials of Writing Sociology History: Alan Sica (Pennsylvania State University).

Index.

This is the most enjoyable and important book on social theory that I have read in a long time. BSA Network October 1998 Charles Camic is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.This volume is a collection of original essays by sociologists and intellectual historians who have been leading figures in recent scholarship on the claslc`