Classical Sociology by Bryan S Turner

Classical Sociology by Bryan S Turner

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Examines the work of key figures and institutions in the classical tradition and the agenda they provide for contemporary sociology. It analyzes theories such as those of Karl Marx and Max Weber, and then covers debates on the family, religion, the city, social stratification and citizenship.

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Classical Sociology by Bryan S Turner

In this book, one of the foremost sociologists of the present day, turns his gaze upon the key figures and seminal institutions in the rise of sociology. Turner examines the work of Karl Marx, Max Weber, Karl Mannheim, Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim and Talcott Parsons to produce a rich and authoritative perspective on the classical tradition. He argues that classical sociology has developed on many fronts, including debates on the family, religion, the city, social stratification, generations and citizenship. The book defends classical perspectives as a living tradition for understanding contemporary social life and demonstrates how the classical tradition produces an agenda for contemporary sociology.
Bryan S. Turner is Professor of Sociology in the Asian Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore. Previously he was Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge from 1998-2005. His research interests include globalization and religion, concentrating on such issues as religious conflict and the modern state, religious authority and electronic information, religious, consumerism and youth cultures, human rights and religion, the human body, medical change, and religious cosmologies. He is Joint Chief Editor of the journal Citizenship Studies and serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals.
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ISBN 13 9780761964582
ISBN 10 0761964584
Titre Classical Sociology
Auteur Bryan S Turner
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Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur SAGE Publications Inc
Année de publication 1999-10-13
Nombre de pages 304
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