Social Theory
Sociology 4331

Spring 2005

Syllabus Links

 

Book for Course:

Social Theory by Bert N. Adams and R.A. Sydie, Thousand Oaks, Calif: Pine Forge Press. 2001

Syllabus

Syllabus for Spring 2005
For first assignment, refer to Class Schedule in the Syllabus

Links

General

Cyberspace Guide to Social Theory
Dead Sociologists' Index
Social Theory Links
Very thorough notes on all the major theorists from U Chicago
Sociology TimeLine
Transtrak Social Theorists
Kevin Edward's Social Resources
Explanation of Phenomenology
Myron Orleans Phenomenology
Social, Economic and Political Change
Red Feather Institute
Lots of Sociology Links
Women Sociologists

Theorists

  Comte

Auguste Comte and Positivism
Auguste Comte and Positivism (no French)
Short Bio
Writings by Comte
A General View of Positivism

   Harriet Martineau

Martineau Bio and Links
Martineau - Writings and Commentary - good
Brief Bio (Women contributing to Knowledge of Mind and Society)
Another Martineau Bio (Unitarian Universalists)
Harriet Martineau
From the Harriet Martineau Sociological Society Newsletter
The papers of Harriet Martineau

   Durkheim

The Durkheim Pages
The Emile Durkheim Archive
Emile Durkheim Links (Be careful - it doesn't let you go back)
Better Durkheim Links
Durkheim's Sociology of Religion
Very thorough notes on all the major theorists from U Chicago

   Marx, Conflict and Critical Theory

A Reference to Marxist Writers (including texts)
Red Feather Dictionary of Critical Social Science
World Systems Archives
Postmodern Theory and Karl Marx
Karl Marx Page
Marxism Page (including Communist Manifesto)
The History Guide - Karl Marx

  Weber

Elwell's Max Weber's Home Page
Weberian Sociology of Religion
Weber on Capitalism
Weber on Bureaucracy
Weber's Definition of Sociology
Very thorough notes on all the major theorists from U Chicago

   Marianne Weber

Marianne Weber
http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/weber.html
There are more pages but they are all in German!
 

Simmel

Georg Simmel Online
Simmel on Philosophy and Culture by Habermas
The Stranger by Georg Simmel
Reference of Simmel's writings
Great Books Biography of Simmel

Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Short Bio
CPG and the Feminization of Education
The Yellow Wallpaper
A List of her Writings
CPG Society
Bio
CPG American Writer
 

   Pareto

On Pareto
New Theory of Economics by Pareto
Selected Works of Pareto
A list of books by Pareto
Pareto - brief bio
Pareto - another brief bio

    Veblen

Veblen's writings
More Veblen's writings
And still more Veblen's writings
Veblen on Dress
Veblen - short bio
T Veblen Page
Larson's Veblen Page

   DuBois

Biographical Sketch
DuBois Learning Center
Works by DuBois on the Internet
The Souls of Black Folk
DuBois: Sociologist and Civil Rights Leader

   Mead

The Biosocial Individual
The Mead Project (including other thinkers who influenced him)
List of his writings
Short study notes
GHMead - U Chicago Press
Mind Self and Society

   Cooley

Selected Works
Bibliography
The Looking Glass Self
Another Looking Glass Self
Yet another Looking Glass Self
Primary Groups

Family and Feminist

Feminist Links
Family and Gender Links
Women's Contributions to the Study of Mind and Society
Women's Studies Section Links

Journals

American Journal of Sociology
American Sociological Review
Annual Review of Sociology (12 yrs of searchable abstracts)
Canadian Journal of Social and Political Theory
The Canadian Journal of Sociology
European Journal of Social Theory
Journal of World-Systems Research
Tables of Contents for all issues of Postmodern Culture
Public Opinion Quarterly
Rationality and Society
The Rural Sociologist
Rural Sociology
Social Forces
Social Networks
Social Theory and Practice
Sociological Abstracts Home Page
Sociological Forum
Sociological Inquiry
Sociological Methodology
Sociological Research Online
Teaching Sociology
Theory and Society

E Journals

Annual Review of Sociology
Brooklyn Journal of Social Semiotics Research
Current Research in Social Psychology
Cybersociology
Electronic Journal of Sociology Home Page
Journal of Mundane Behavior
Qualitative Report
Rural Society
Social Science Paper Publisher

Other Miscellaneous Stuff

Finding People
Beef up your Browser
Library and Microfilm Archives
Classical Guitar Archives
Chord Finder
Great Norwegians
Great Books