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    Sociological Theory Beyond the Canon.Syed Farid Alatas & Vineeta Sinha - 2017 - London: Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan. Edited by Vineeta Sinha.
    This book expands the sociological canon by introducing non-Western and female voices, and subjects the existing canon itself to critique. Including chapters on both the 'founding fathers' of sociology and neglected thinkers it highlights the biases of Eurocentrism and androcentrism, while also offering much-needed correctives to them. The authors challenge a dominant account of the development of sociological theory which would have us believe that it was only Western European and later North American white males in the (...)
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    Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory.Barry Barnes - 1974 - Routledge.
    Originally published in 1974. Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory centres on the problem of explaining the manifest variety and contrast in the beliefs about nature held in different groups and societies. It maintains that the sociologist should treat all beliefs symmetrically and must investigate and account for allegedly "correct" or "scientific" beliefs just as he would "incorrect" or "unscientific" ones. From this basic position a study of scientific beliefs is constructed. The sociological interest of such beliefs is (...)
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    Contemporary sociological theory.Jonathan H. Turner - 2013 - Los Angeles: SAGE.
    The nature of sociological theory -- Functional theorizing -- The rise of functional theorizing -- Talcott Parsons' analytical functionalism -- The systems functionalism of Niklas Luhmann -- Efforts to revitalize functionalism -- Evolutionary and ecological theories -- The rise of evolutionary and ecological theorizing -- Ecological theories -- Stage theories of societal evolution -- Darwinian-inspired evolutionary theories -- Conflict theorizing -- The rise of conflict theorizing -- Early analytical conflict theories -- Randall Collins' analytical conflict theory -- (...)
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  4. Classical sociological theory.Craig J. Calhoun (ed.) - 2007 - Malden, MA: Blackwell.
    This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current guideposts and reference points in contemporary sociological debate. A definitive guide to the roots of sociology through a collection of key writings from the founders of the discipline Explores influential works of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton Editorial introductions lend historical and intellectual perspective to the substantial (...)
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    Classical Sociological Theory: A Positivist's Perspective.Jonathan H. Turner - 1993 - Wadsworth Publishing Company.
    The theme of this collection of articles by Jonathan Turner is that sociology can be a true science, and it can develop abstract laws explaining the operative dynamics of the social universe. Rather that blindly worshipping sociology's masters, however, Turner attempts to reinvent sociology as a science that learns the valuable lessons of classical theory and then moves on.
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    Gender, Sociological Theory and Bourdieu’s Sociology of Practice.Beate Krais - 2006 - Theory, Culture and Society 23 (6):119-134.
    While feminist sociology has succeeded in being recognized as a legitimate field of sociological research (yet mainly as a limited field within the broader discipline), its core objective - namely, to reconfigure the discipline, instating gender as a central analytic category - has not yet been achieved. This article argues that Bourdieu's sociology of practice offers a theoretical framework for fundamentally reconstructing sociology to integrate gender as a central category. After a brief outline of Bourdieu's reasoning in Masculine Domination (...)
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    Sociological theory and Jungian psychology.Gavin Walker - 2012 - History of the Human Sciences 25 (1):52-74.
    In this article I seek to relate the psychology of Carl Jung to sociological theory, specifically Weber. I first present an outline of Jungian psychology. I then seek to relate this as psychology to Weber’s interpretivism. I point to basic methodological compatibilities within a Kantian frame, from which emerge central concerns with the factors limiting rationality. These generate the conceptual frameworks for parallel enquiries into the development and fate of rationality in cultural history. Religion is a major theme (...)
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    Sociological theory in the classical era: text and readings.Laura Desfor Edles - 2015 - Los Angeles: SAGE Publishing. Edited by Scott Appelrouth.
    Sociological Theory in the Classical Era is an innovative text/reader for courses in classical theory. It introduces students to important original works by sociology's key classical theorists, and also provides a thorough framework for understanding these challenging readings. For each theorist, the editors supply a biographical sketch, discuss intellectual influences and core ideas, and offer contemporary applications of those ideas. In addition to the seven major theorists covered, the book also connects their work to "Significant Others"--writers and (...)
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    Sociological Theory: Contemporary Debates.John Scott - 1995; 2 edn 2012 - Edward Elgar.
    This volume explores the principle trends and lines of division within comtemporary sociology, presenting arguments about the relative merits of the positions covered.
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    Investigating Sociological Theory.Charles Turner - 2010 - Sage Publications.
    Classic and canon -- Description -- Categories -- Metaphors -- Diagrams -- Cynicism and scepticism : two intellectual styles -- Sociological theory and the art of living.
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    Sociological theory in transition.Mark L. Wardell & Stephen P. Turner (eds.) - 1986 - Boston: Allen & Unwin.
    Current sociological theories appear to have lost their general persuasiveness in part because, unlike the theories of the ‘classical era’, they fail to maintain an integrated stance toward society, and the practical role that sociology plays in society. The authors explore various facets of this failure and possibilities for reconstructing sociological theories as integrated wholes capable of conveying a moral and political immediacy. They discuss the evolution of several concepts (for example, the social, structure, and self) and address (...)
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  12. Contemporary sociological theory.Craig J. Calhoun (ed.) - 2007 - Malden, MA: Blackwell.
    This meticulous collection of contemporary sociological theory is the definitive guide to current perspectives and approaches in the field, examining current key topics in the field such as such as symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, structuralism, network theory, critical theory, feminist theory, and the debates over modernity and postmodernity. Includes the work of major figures including Foucault, Giddens, Bourdieu, Bauman, and Habermas Organized thematically, with editorial introductions to put the readings into theoretical perspective New selected readings bring (...)
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    Sociological Theory of Margaret Archer.Miroslav Mihetec & Krešimir Žažar - 2024 - Filozofska Istrazivanja 43 (4):793-816.
    The axial aim of the paper is to dissect the main concepts of Margaret Archer’s theoretical position. In that line, first, the broader context of critical realism as a unique standpoint of philosophy of science is depicted, as her understanding of epistemology of the social is derived from there. The main body of the manuscript conveys discussions about crucial conceptual categories of the sociology of Margaret Archer primarily linked with analytical dualism, realist social theory, and morphogenetic/morphostatic approach. Moreover, a (...)
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    Consequences of realism for sociological theory-building.Thomas Brante - 2001 - Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 31 (2):167–195.
    It is argued that the Achilles heel of contemporary sociology-and great parts of social science-is a) weak theory development, and b) absence of a meta-theory providing a common platform and a shared goal for its practitioners, fostering cumulativity. A meta-theory called causal realism (a variant of critical realism) is suggested for these purposes. The main tenets and key concepts of realism, such as causality and explanation, mechanism, stratified reality, are presented. Thereafter, via an anology to the physical (...)
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    Arendt Contra Sociology: Theory, Society and its Science.Philip Walsh - 2015 - Burlington, VT: Routledge.
    Arendt Contra Sociology re-assesses the relationship between Hannah Arendt's work and the theoretical foundations of sociology, bringing her insights to bear on key themes within contemporary theoretical sociology. Departing from the view of Arendt as a political theorist who sought to rescue politics from society, and political theory from the social sciences, this book re-examines her distinctions between labour, fabrication and action as a theory of the fundamental ontology of human societies, revisiting her criticism of the tendency of (...)
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    A Sociological Theory of Objectivity.David Bloor - 1984 - Royal Institute of Philosophy Lecture Series 17:229-245.
    I want to propose to you a theory about the nature of objectivity—a theory which will tell us something about its causes, its intrinsic character, and its sources of variation. The theory in question is very simple. Indeed, it is so simple that I fear you will reject it out of hand. Here is the theory: it is thatobjectivity is social. What I mean by saying that objectivity is social is that theimpersonalandstablecharacter that attaches to some (...)
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    Towards an integrative sociological theory of empathy.Kevin McCaffree - 2020 - European Journal of Social Theory 23 (4):550-570.
    Sociological theories of morality have grown in prevalence over the last decade and a half. These theories often focus on developing single concepts such as identity, reputation or emotion, or they provide sweeping historical accounts. Such theories often also take the construct of empathy for granted, as an inevitable consequence of morality. Here, I present a mechanistic theory of empathy which operates at multiple levels of analysis. The approach offered can help frame particular topics in the sociology of (...)
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  18. A Sociological Theory of Postmodernity.Zygmunt Bauman - 1991 - Thesis Eleven 29 (1):33-46.
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    Sociological theory.Stephen Mennell - 1974 - New York,: Praeger Publishers.
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    Sociological theory and the natural environment.Gavin Walker - 2005 - History of the Human Sciences 18 (1):77-106.
    In this article, I criticize environmental sociology’s conventional diagnosis of its methodological situation and overly narrow definition of its field. I argue for a greater engagement with the natural science base and consideration of anthropological approaches. I start with conceptual analysis, identifying the human-environment relationship as a pro-active two-way interaction. I then present an outline of global environmental dynamics, highlighting the unequal size of human activities on geosphere and biosphere scale, and the role of the biosphere as manager of the (...)
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    Sociological theory and philosophical analysis: a collection.Dorothy Mary Emmet - 1970 - London,: Macmillan. Edited by Alasdair C. MacIntyre.
    Concept and theory formation in the social sciences, by A. Schutz.--Is it a science? by S. Morgenbesser.--Knowledge and interest, by J. Habermas.--Sociological explanation, by T. Burns.--Methodological individualism reconsidered, by S. Lukes.--The problem of rationality in the social world, by A. Schutz.--Concepts and society, by E. Gellner.--Symbols in Ndembu ritual, by V. Turner.--Telstar and the Aborigines or La pensée sauvage, by E. Leach.--Groote Eylandt totemism and Le totémisme aujourd'hui, by P. Worsley.--Bibliography (p. 225-228).
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  22. Sociological theory and the claim to reason: Why the end is not in sight.Jeffrey C. Alexander - 1991 - Sociological Theory 9 (2):147-153.
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    A Sociological Theory Of Publics: Identity And Culture As Emergent Properties In Networks.Eiko Ikegami - 2000 - Social Research: An International Quarterly 67:989-1030.
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    A sociological theory of knowledge.Edward L. Schaub - 1920 - Philosophical Review 29 (4):319-339.
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    Habermas’ sociological theory of law and democracy: A reply to Wirts, Flynn and Zurn.Hugh Baxter - 2014 - Philosophy and Social Criticism 40 (2):225-234.
    In Between Facts and Norms (1996) Habermas presents the more straightforward normative discourse theory of law and democracy, in terms of contemporary legal orders, and then examines, in terms of social theory, whether the theory is plausible, given the complex nature of today’s conditions. The following article focuses in particular on Habermas’ social theory. It is critical of Habermas’ idea of ‘the lifeworld’ and discusses whether the circulation-of-power model might be mapped onto the system–lifeworld model.
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    Jung and sociological theory: readings and appraisal.Gavin B. Walker (ed.) - 2018 - New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
    Carl Jung has always lain at the edge of sociology's consciousness, despite the existence of a long-established Freudian tradition. Yet, over the years, a small number of sociological writers have considered Jung; one or two Jungian writers have considered sociology. The range of perspectives is quite wide: Durkheim, Weber, Marx, Levi-Strauss, feminism, mass society, postmodernism. These scattered writings, however, have had little cumulative impact and inspired little debate. The authors seem often not to have known of each other, while (...)
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  27. Sociological theory: a book of readings.Lewis A. Coser - 1969 - [New York]: Macmillan. Edited by Bernard Rosenberg.
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    Contemporary Sociological Theory and Techno-Nihilist Capitalism.Mauro Magatti - 2012 - World Futures 68 (4-5):296 - 313.
    The problem advanced societies have tried to answer since the last part of the twentieth century can be ascribed to a fundamental question: how to go beyond the constitutive (and unsustainable) limit of nation-state capitalism, constrained by an excessively circumscribed and univocal idea of social organization, without losing the ability to govern? Or, expressed in other terms, how can you dismantle the center (the state) without losing the power to control? The answer to this (difficult) question has been sought for (...)
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    Handbook of Sociological Theory.Jonathan H. Turner - 2006 - Springer Verlag.
    Sociology is experiencing what can only be described as hyperdifferentiation of theories - there are now many approaches competing for attention in the intellectual arena. From this perspective, we should see a weeding out of theories to a small number, but this is not likely to occur because each of the many theoretical perspectives has a resource base of adherents. As a result, theories in sociology do not compete head on with each other as much as they coexist. This seminal (...)
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    Sociological Theory: Pretence and Possibility.Keith Dixon - 1975 - Philosophical Review 84 (3):435-437.
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    Contemporary Sociological Theories Concerning War and Peace.P. N. Fedoseev - 1962 - Russian Studies in Philosophy 1 (3):3-24.
    The preservation of peace is the central problem of the present day. The peoples have suffered from wars through the ages. No significant period in human history has been without them. Wars have become particularly devastating in the capitalist era, which has seen an improvement of armaments, an increase in the size of warring armies and in the scale of military operations.
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    A Sociological Theory of Objectivity.David Bloor - 1984 - Royal Institute of Philosophy Lecture Series 17:229-245.
    I want to propose to you a theory about the nature of objectivity—a theory which will tell us something about its causes, its intrinsic character, and its sources of variation. The theory in question is very simple. Indeed, it is so simple that I fear you will reject it out of hand. Here is the theory: it is thatobjectivity is social. What I mean by saying that objectivity is social is that theimpersonalandstablecharacter that attaches to some (...)
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    American Sociological Theory: A Critical History. Robert Bierstedt.Fred Matthews - 1984 - Isis 75 (1):221-222.
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  34. Sociological Theory and the Question of Religion.Andrew McKinnon & Marta Trzebiatowska - 2014
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    Sociological Theory and Philosophical Analysis.Edited by: Dorothy Emmet and Alasdair Matintyre.D. T. H. Weir - 1973 - Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 4 (3):276-277.
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    On the limits of sociological theory.John Levi Martin - 2001 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences 31 (2):187-223.
    Sociological Theory is an attempt to make sense of an intuited level of order transcending the level on which we as individuals live and think. This implies a dual explanatory task: on one hand, to provide a substantively meaningful third-person framework for the formation of theoretical statements, and, on the other, to provide an intuitively accessible answer to the question of why social order exists in the first place. A coherent linkage between these two forms of explanation, however, (...)
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    Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory.Randall Collins - 2009 - Princeton University Press.
    In the popular misconception fostered by blockbuster action movies and best-selling thrillers--not to mention conventional explanations by social scientists--violence is easy under certain conditions, like poverty, racial or ideological hatreds, or family pathologies. Randall Collins challenges this view in Violence, arguing that violent confrontation goes against human physiological hardwiring. It is the exception, not the rule--regardless of the underlying conditions or motivations. -/- Collins gives a comprehensive explanation of violence and its dynamics, drawing upon video footage, cutting-edge forensics, and ethnography (...)
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    No Longer “Handmaiden”: The Role of Social and Sociological Theory in Bioethics.Alexis Paton - 2017 - International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 10 (1):30-49.
    Whether sociology should be part of bioethics has been extensively debated and critiqued. Feminist bioethics has long recognized the role of empirical work in bioethical inquiry; however, much feminist work in bioethics has been sidelined due to critiques of the role of social and sociological theory in bioethics research. In this essay, I examine how sociology plays a much deeper role in bioethical inquiry beyond the contribution of empirical methods. Building on these approaches, I show, through a case (...)
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  39. Sociological Theory Fall 2004.Jamie Lee - forthcoming - Sociological Theory.
     
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    Sociology: theory and applied.Onigu Otite (ed.) - 1994 - Lagos: Malthouse Press.
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  41. Sociological Theory and Philosophical Analysis a Collection Edited with an Introd. By Dorothy Emmet and Alasdair Macintyre.Dorothy Mary Emmet & Alasdair C. Macintyre - 1970 - Macmillan.
     
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    4. Sociological Theories.John Kultgen - 1988 - In John H. Kultgen (ed.), Ethics and professionalism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 57-71.
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    The Sociological Theories of the French Institutionalists.Nicholas Timasheff - 1946 - Thought: Fordham University Quarterly 21 (3):493-512.
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    Introduction to ‘Theodor W. Adorno on Marx and the Basic Concepts of Sociological Theory. From a Seminar Transcript in the Summer Semester of 1962’.Chris O’Kane - 2018 - Historical Materialism 26 (1):137-153.
    This introduction outlines the importance that Hans-Georg Backhaus’s transcript of Adorno’s 1962 seminar on ‘Marx and the Basic Concepts of Sociological Theory’ has for shedding light on the relationship between Adorno’s critical theory and the critique of political economy. PartIsignals the importance of the seminar by assaying the Anglophone scholarship on Adorno. PartIIcontextualises the seminar in the development of his thought. PartsIIIandIVfocus on what the transcript tells us about Adorno’s interpretation of Marx and the importance this interpretation (...)
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  45. Sociological Theory in the Shadow of Durkheim's Revolt Against Economics.Kenneth H. Mackintosh - 1999 - Journal of Libertarian Studies 14 (1; SEAS WIN):101-124.
     
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    Sociological theory and history of sociology: autonomy and interdependence.Stephen R. Warner - 1985 - Sociological Theory 3 (1):20-23.
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    The analysis of the borders of the social world: A challenge for sociological theory.Gesa Lindemann - 2005 - Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 35 (1):69–98.
    In order to delimit the realm of social phenomena, sociologists refer implicitly or explicitly to a distinction between living human beings and other entities, that is, sociologists equate the social world with the world of living humans. This consensus has been questioned by only a few authors, such as Luckmann, and some scholars of science studies. According to these approaches, it would be ethnocentric to treat as self-evident the premise that only living human beings can be social actors. The methodological (...)
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    Assessing the State of Sociological Theory in Music Education: Uncovering the Epistemic Unconscious.Sidsel Karlsen - 2021 - Philosophy of Music Education Review 29 (2):136.
    Abstract:The aim of this article is to analyze and discuss the role that sociological theory plays in music education scholarship. Using books published internationally and explicitly on the topic of the sociology of music education during the recent decade as well as abstracts published in the programs from the 2017 and 2019 International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education biennial conferences as entryways into this discussion, the questions asked are: What kinds of sociological theory are (...)
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    Elective Affinity Between the Sociological Theory of Luhmann and the German Philosophical Anthropology.Patricio Miranda - 2014 - Cinta de Moebio 50:80-92.
    The article argues for the existence of an elective affinity between the systems theory of Niklas Luhmann and German philosophical anthropology, affinity that would bring to light a 'blind spot' of the functionalism of the equivalence that is placed in the antithesis of the so called anti humanism in Luhmann. The question asked by the German sociologist: which self-projection of man is behind the assumptions of functionalist thinking? He responded: the man as problem solver in a transcendental sense. As (...)
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  50. Key Problems of Sociological Theory.John Rex - 1964 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 14 (56):352-355.
     
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