AuthorRossides, Daniel W., 1925-
TitleThe history and nature of sociological theory / Daniel W. Rossides
Imprint Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1978
Descript xviii, 567 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

CONTENT

The interpretive frame: Sociology and liberalism -- Part I. The civilization of liberalism: 1200-1800 : The origins and nature of liberal society -- Basic transformations in the Western view of nature -- Basic transformations in the Western view of human nature -- Part II. The origins of sociology : The new science of history: Vico (1668-1744) -- The new science of society: Montesquieu (1689-1755) -- The new society of science: Condorcet, saint-simon, and comte -- Science and the problem of social science -- Part III. The maturing tradition : Evolution and the new phase of modern science -- Herbert spencer (1820-1903) -- William graham sumner (1840-1910) -- Lester F. Ward (1841-1913) -- Part IV. The emergence of pluralistic positivism : The new phase of modern society and science -- Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) -- Georg Simmel (1858-1918) -- Vilfredo pareto (1848-1923) -- Max Weber (1864-1920) -- Part V. Pluralistic positivism in the United States : Pragmatism: The new phase of science in the new world -- Charles Horton Cooley (1864-1929) -- William isaac thomas (1863-1947) -- Pitirim sorokin (189-1968) -- Talcott parsons (1902-) -- Part VI. Summary and application -- The general character of sociology -- Contemporary orientations in sociology


SUBJECT

  1. Sociology -- History
  2. Philosophy
  3. Political philosophy
  4. Sociology

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