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TOM BOTTOMORE ROBERT NISBET A HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS TOM BOTTOMORE ROBERT NISBET EDITORS This magisterial volume represents a landmark contribution to the history of social thought that, in the breadth of its coverage, the authority of its presenta¬ tion, and above all, the intellectual ex¬ citement of its analysis, will not soon be equaled. Edited by Tom Bottomore and Robert Nisbet, two of the world's leading sociologists, and with specially commis¬ sioned contributions by seventeen inter¬ nationally renowned scholars, each an authority in the field with which he deals, it provides the most comprehen¬ sive account of the development of soci¬ ological analysis available. All the major sociological thinkers from the late eighteenth century to the pres¬ ent are discussed in detail, the influence of their theories considered, and the sub¬ sequent criticisms of their work re¬ viewed. While the authors give full at¬ tention to the contexts—intellectual, so¬ cial, and biographical—in which the principal ideas of sociology first emerged, their main concern is to show how these contexts relate to present-day trends. The result is an absolutely indispensable work for anyone interested in contemporary social thought. 1178 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.0rg/details/historyofsocioloOOOObott A History of Sociological Analysis * A HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Tom Bottomore 8c Robert Nisbet EDITORS Basic Books, Inc., Publishers NEW YORK Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data M ain entry under title: A history of sociological analysis. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Sociology—History—Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Bottomore, T. B. II. Nisbet, Robert A. HM19.H53 301'.09 77-20429 ISBN: 0-465-03023-8 Copyright © 1978 by Basic Books, Inc. Printed in the United States of America Contents Introduction vii TOM BOTTOMORE AND ROBERT NISBET Sociological Thought in the Eighteenth Century 1 3 ROBERT BIERSTEDT Theories of Progress, Development, Evolution 2 39 KENNETH BOCK 3 Conservatism 8o ROBERT NISBET 4 Marxism and Sociology ii8 TOM BOTTOMORE German Sociology in the Time of Max Weber 5 149 JULIEN FREUND 6 Emile Durkheim 187 EDWARD A. TIRYAKIAN Positivism and Its Critics 7 237 ANTHONY GIDDENS 8 American Trends 287 LEWIS A. COSER Functionalism 321 9 WILBERT E. MOORE Theories of Social Action 362 10 ALAN DAWE Exchange Theory 418 11 HARRY C. BREDEMEIER Inter actionism 12 457 BERENICE M. FISHER AND ANSELM L. STRAUSS Phenomenology and Sociology 13 499 KURT H. WOLFF Structuralism 14 557 TOM BOTTOMORE AND ROBERT NISBET Social Stratification 15 599 FRANK PARKIN Contents VI 16 Power and Authority 633 STEVEN LUKES 17 Sociological Analysis and Social Policy 677 JAMES COLEMAN Name Index 704 Subject Index yii V
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