Re: modern social theory books

For my intros to sociology I found Trevor Noble "Social Theory and social
change" St Martin's Press, NY, 2000 quite effective : it discusses the
'founding fathers' Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and their offspring (Tonnies, 
Pareto. etc. ) but more importantly, also 'Smithian' structural
individualism, dependency theory (Frank & Wallerstein), and postmodernism
(Lyotard, Baudrillard). 

eric mielants

On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Andre Gunder Frank wrote:

> also
> Irving Zeitlin 1994 = 5th ed [perhaps now a more recent one]
> IDEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT IN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY [Pren tice Hall]
> 
> contains chapter on each major calssical and recent theorist.
> 
>  -On Wed,
> 16
> May 2001, George Snedeker wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 21:08:26 -0400
> > From: George Snedeker <snedeker@concentric.net>
> > To: psn-cafe@csf.colorado.edu
> > Cc: wsn@csf.colorado.edu
> > Subject: modern social theory books
> > 
> > the following are the list of books on modern social theory I received. I
> > have omitted those which are out of print.
> > 
> > S. miles, SOCIAL THEORY AND THE REAL WORLD, sage.
> > D. Layder, UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL THEORY, Sage.
> > M. Waters, MODERN SOCIAL THEORY, Sage.
> > A. Callinicos, SOCIAL THEORY, NYU Press
> > P. Baert, sOCIAL THEORY IN THE 20TH CENTURY, NYU Press.
> > H. Andersen, CLASSICAL AND MODERN SOCIAL THEORY, Blackwell.
> > R. Collins, THE DISCOVERY OF SOCIETY and THE FOUR TRADITIONS IN SOCIOLOGY.
> > P. Kiivisto ed. SOCIAL THEORY ROOT AND BRANCH.
> > C. Lemert Ed. SOCIAL THEORY, Westview.
> > C. Lemert, SOCIAL THINGS, Roman and Littlefield.
> > 
> > Lemert's SOCIAL THINGS is a brief history of sociology which could be used
> > along with his reader in Social Theory. it could not be used by itself
> > because it provides more of the context than it discusses the theorists.
> > however, it does cover the same topics as his SOCIAL THEORY.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I have not yet decided which of these I will use.
> > 
> > George Snedeker
> > 
> > 
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