Part I : The Rise of the Classical Tradition : The Idea of a dcience of society: The enlightenment and auguste comte ; The revolutionary theory of Karl Marx ; The promise of sociology: Emile durkheim ; The ironic social theory of Max Weber -- Part II : Rethinking the classical tradition: Amerocam sociology : The grand theory of talcott parsons, peter berger, and thomas luckmann ; The scientific theory of randall collins and peter blau ; The moral sociology of C. wright mills and robert bellah -- Part III : Rethinking the classical tradition: European theory : The critical theory of jurgen habermas ; Stuart hall and british cultural studies ; The critical sociology of anthony giddens and pierre bourdieu -- Part IV : Revisions and revolts : The postmodern turn : The postmodern world of jacques derrida, jean-francois lyotard, and jean baudrillard ; Michel foucault s disciplinary society ; Zygmunt bauman s sociology of postmodernity -- Part V : Revisions and revolts : Identity politics and theory : Feminist theory/masculinity studies ; Critical race theory/white studies ; Lesbian, gay, and queer theory/heterosexual studies ; Colonial discourse studies -- Part VI : Revisions and revolts: Theories of world order : From nation to globe: David held and mary kaldor ; Global capitalism: Immanuel wallerstein and manuel castells ; The return of empire? michael hardt and antonio negri, navid harvey and michael mann -- Part VII. The rise of postdisciplinary theory : Theorizing postcolonial nationalism: A case of "domain" theorizing ; Jeffrey alexander: Reconstructing democratic theory in an age of disillusionment ; Nancy fraser: The case for radical democracy

1. Postmodernism -- Social aspects
2. Sociology -- Methodology