Twenty Lectures Sociological Theory Since World War II

Jeffrey C. Alexander

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Twenty Lectures Sociological Theory Since World War II

Jeffrey C. Alexander

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Published/Copyright: 1987

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Presents a series of lectures on issues in Sociology such as structural-functionalism, Parsons' theory, conflict theory, exchange theory, symbolic interaction, ethnomethodology, and Marxism.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
LECTURE ONE. WHAT IS THEORY? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
LECTURE TWO. PARSONS' FIRST SYNTHESIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
LECTURE THREE. STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONALISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
LECTURE FOUR. STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONALISM IN ITS MIDDLE PHASE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
LECTURE FIVE. THE THEORY OF SUCCESSFUL MODERNITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
LECTURE SIX. PARSONS' LATER THEORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
LECTURE SEVEN. THE REVOLT AGAINST THE PARSONIAN SYNTHESIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
LECTURE EIGHT. CONFLICT THEORY (1): JOHN REX'S STRATEGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
LECTURE NINE. CONFLICT THEORY (2): REX AND THE PROBLEM OF COERCION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
LECTURE TEN. EXCHANGE THEORY (1): GEORGE HOMANS' INSIGHTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
LECTURE ELEVEN. EXCHANGE THEORY (2): HOMANS AND THE INDIVIDUALIST DILEMMA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
LECTURE TWELVE SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM (1): PRAGMATISM AND THE LEGACY OF GEORGE HERBERT MEAD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
LECTURE THIRTEEN. SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM (2): INDIVIDUALISM AND THE WORK OF BLUMER AND GOFFMAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
LECTURE FOURTEEN. ETHNOMETHODOLOGY (1): PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE LEGACY OF EDMUND HUSSERL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
LECTURE FIFTEEN. ETHNOMETHODOLOGY (2): HAROLD GARFINKEL'S REBELLION AGAINST NORMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
LECTURE SIXTEEN. CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY (1): THE HERMENEUTIC CHALLENGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
LECTURE SEVENTEEN. CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY (2): CLIFFORD GEERTZ'S REBELLION AGAINST DETERMINISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302
LECTURE EIGHTEEN. MARXISM (1): THE LEGACY AND THE REVIVAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	330
LECTURE NINETEEN. MARXISM (2): THE CRITICAL THEORY OF HERBERT MARCUSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
LECTURE TWENTY. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY TODAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	374
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381

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