جامعه‌شناسی از نیمه قرن: مقالاتی در نظریه انباشت

Sociology Since Midcentury: Essays in Theory Cumulation is a collection of essays dealing with major intellectual developments in sociology since the mid-twentieth century. Topics covered include a macrohistorical theory of geopolitics, intended somewhat as an alternative to the Wallerstein economic theory of world-systems; a microtheory that provides a basis for linking up to and reconstructing macrosociological theories; structuralism, ritual violence, and solidarity; and the symbolic economy of culture. Comprised of 20 chapters, this book begins with an introduction to the major historical and comparative sociologies, the traditions of Karl Marx and Max Weber with their subsequent transformations. The next section is devoted to structuralism and conflict that includes a discussion on a theory of violence and Claude Lévi-Strauss's structural history. Subsequent chapters explore the sociology of education and consider class, codes, and control; cultural capitalism and symbolic violence; schooling in capitalist America; breakthroughs in microsociology; and the microfoundations of macrosociology. Erving Goffman's scholarly methods and the theoretical traditions to which he contributes are also examined. This monograph will be of interest to sociologists. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Pages ix-x Introduction , Pages 1-9 The Empirical Validity of the Conflict Tradition , Pages 13-44 Wallerstein's World-System , Pages 45-56 The Chain of Modernization , Pages 57-61 Geopolitics and Revolution , Pages 63-69 Long-Term Social Change and the Territorial Power of States , Pages 71-106 Lévi-Strauss's Structural History , Pages 109-131 Three Faces of Cruelty: Toward a Comparative Sociology of Violence , Pages 133-158 Class, Codes, and Control , Pages 161-171 Cultural Capitalism and Symbolic Violence , Pages 173-182 Schooling in Capitalist America , Pages 183-189 Crises and Declines in Credential Systems , Pages 191-215 Three Stages of Erving Goffman , Pages 219-253 The Language-Game of Power , Pages 255-259 The Microfoundations of Macrosociology , Pages 261-293 Merton's Functionalism , Pages 297-303 Postindustrialism and Technocracy , Pages 305-308 Touraine's System , Pages 309-313 Gouldner's Dialectics , Pages 315-321 Blau's Macrotheory , Pages 323-331 Sociology Past and Future , Pages 333-339 References , Pages 341-351 Index , Pages 353-365 Randall Collins. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 341-351.