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Title: Four Sociological Traditions by Randall Collins ISBN: 0-19-508208-7 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: More History than Theory
Comment: I found this book a bit disappointing. Collins provides a lot of information, but the book isn't very well organized and doesn't often clearly outline the theories. I recommend instead Ken Morrison's "Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formations of Modern Social thought" for a good breakdown of early sociological theory.
Rating: 5
Summary: First sociology book for social scientists
Comment: This was my first book on sociology, and I must admit that I thoroughly enjoyed Collins' description of the branches that compose modern sociology and the frontiers of knowledge in the field. As an economist, I was especially interested in the "rational" school, and was not disappointed. Of course many of the scholar transcend economics and sociology (Herbert Simon, Mancur Olson), but I found it interesting to see concepts that I had treated as predominantly economic from a different perspective. Also interesting to read about Marx in the context of all other who followed him in the "conflict" tradition.
This book is great for those who would like to have an overall good knowledge of sociology without spending the time to read the actual founders of the field's works.
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally A Distillation of Sociology's Major Theories!
Comment: Collins' work is a must for the serious scholar of sociology. He is able to "boil-down" the four major theories in sociology, without resorting to the confounding language of the original authors. This work succinctly outlines the four major theories and gives some of the more lucid quotes of the "fathers" of classical theory. Finally a sociology text that does not presume familiarity with the subject matter.
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Title: Four Sociological Traditions: Selected Readings by Randall Collins ISBN: 019508702X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman ISBN: 0385094027 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 June, 1959 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Illuminating Social Life: Classical and Contemporary Theory Revisited by Peter Kivisto ISBN: 0761987177 Publisher: Pine Forge Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $43.95 |
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Title: The Social Construction of Reality : A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge by PETER L. BERGER, THOMAS LUCKMANN ISBN: 0385058985 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 11 July, 1967 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face to Face Behavior by Erving Goffman ISBN: 0394706315 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1982 List Price(USD): $12.75 |
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