SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY  THE EARLY YEARS INTRODUCTION SOCIAL FORCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY :

Political Revolutions The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Capitalism The Rise of Socialism Feminism Urbanization Religious Change The Growth of Science INTELLECTUAL FORCES AND THE RISE OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY The Enlightenment The Conservative Reaction to the Enlightenment The Development of French Sociology The Development of German Sociology The Origins of British Sociology The Key Figure in Early Italian Sociology Turn-of-the-Century Developments in European Marxism.

A useful way to begin a book designed to introduce the range of sociological theory is with several one-line summaries of various theories:

.. The modern world is an iron cage of rational systems from which there is no escape.

• Capitalism tends to sow the seeds of its own destruction. • The modern world has less moral cohesion than earlier societies had. • The city spawns a particular type of personality. • In their social lives, people tend to put on a variety of theatrical performances.

• The social world is defined by principles of reciprocity in give-and-take relationships.