Classical social theory in use : interpretation and application for educators and other non-specialists

• Main Author: Bickel, Robert (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2013]
• Subjects: Applied sociology.; Educational sociology.; Education > Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects.; Social theory.; Philosophy and theory of education.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614127
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-072-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 377 pages)

This book provides an introduction to classical social theory through discussion, application, and synthesis of the work of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and George Herbert Mead. Rather than merely summarizing and evaluating their continuing influence, their ideas and ways of reasoning are applied in t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Karl Marx
• Chapter 2. Review: General questions on Marx
• Chapter 3. Transition: From Marx to Durkheim
• Chapter 4. Emile Durkheim
• Chapter 5. Review: General questions on Durkheim
• Chapter 6. Transition: From Marx and Durkheim to Mead
• Chapter 7. George Herbert Mead
• Chapter 8. Review: General questions on Mead
• References.