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• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface
• About the Authors
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Key Concepts
• What Is Sociological Theory?
• Why Read Original Works?
• Navigating Sociological Theory: The Questions of “Order” and “Action”
• The Questions of Order and Action and the Opioid Epidemic
• The European Enlightenment
• The Industrial Revolution
• ▶ Significant Others—Auguste Comte (1798–1857): The Father of “Social Physics”
• Political and Religious Transformations
• The French Revolution
• Enlightenment Thinkers and the Questions of Order and Action
• The Limits of Enlightenment
• The Ins and Outs of Classical Canons
• Outline of the Book
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 2 Karl Marx (1818–1883)
• Key Concepts
• A Biographical Sketch
• Intellectual Influences and Core Ideas
• ▶ Significant Others—Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929): The Leisure Class and Conspicuous Consumption
• Marx’s Theoretical Orientation
• ▶ Significant Others—Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937): Hegemony and the Ruling Ideas
• ▶ Readings
• Introduction to The German Ideology
• From The German Ideology (1845–1846)
• Introduction to Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
• From Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
• Introduction to The Communist Manifesto
• From The Communist Manifesto (1848)
• Introduction to Capital
• From Capital (1867)
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 3 Émile Durkheim (1858–1917)
• Key Concepts
• A Biographical Sketch
• Intellectual Influences and Core Ideas
• ▶ Significant Others—Herbert Spencer (1820–1903): Survival of the Fittest
• Durkheim’s Theoretical Orientation
• ▶ Readings
• Introduction to The Division of Labor in Society
• From The Division of Labor in Society (1893)
• Introduction to The Rules of Sociological Method
• From The Rules of Sociological Method (1895)
• Introduction to Suicide: A Study in Sociology
• From Suicide: A Study in Sociology (1897)
• Introduction to The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
• From The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (1912)
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 4 Max Weber (1864–1920)
• Key Concepts
• A Biographical Sketch
• Intellectual Influences and Core Ideas
• Sociology
• Of Nietzsche and Marx
• ▶ Significant Others—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900): Is God Dead?
• ▶ Significant Others—Robert Michels (1876–1936): The Iron Law of Oligarchy
• Weber’s Theoretical Orientation
• ▶ Readings
• Introduction to The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
• From The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904)
• Introduction to “The Distribution of Power within the Political Community: Class, Status, Party”
• From “The Distribution of Power within the Political Community: Class, Status, Party” (1925)
• Introduction to “The Types of Legitimate Domination”
• From “The Types of Legitimate Domination” (1925)
• Introduction to “Bureaucracy”
• From “Bureaucracy” (1925)
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 5 Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)
• Key Concepts
• A Biographical Sketch
• ▶ Significant Others—Harriet Martineau (1802–1876): The First Woman Sociologist
• Intellectual Influences and Core Ideas
• Gilman’s Theoretical Orientation
• ▶ Readings
• Introduction to “The Yellow Wallpaper”
• “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892)
• “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” (1913)
• Introduction to Women and Economics
• From Women and Economics (1898)
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 6 Georg Simmel (1858–1918)
• Key Concepts
• A Biographical Sketch
• Intellectual Influences and Core Ideas
• Society
• Sociology
• The Individual in Modern Society
• The Individual and Money
• ▶ Significant Others—Ferdinand Tönnies (1855–1936): Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft
• Simmel’s Theoretical Orientation
• ▶ Readings
• Introduction to “Exchange”
• From “Exchange” (1907)
• Introduction to “Conflict”
• From “Conflict” (1908)
• Introduction to “The Stranger”
• “The Stranger” (1908)
• Introduction to “Fashion”
• From “Fashion” (1904)
• Introduction to “The Metropolis and Mental Life”
• “The Metropolis and Mental Life” (1903)
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 7 W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963)
• Key Concepts
• ▶ Significant Others—Anna Julia Cooper (1858–1964): A Voice from the South
• A Biographical Sketch
• Intellectual Influences and Core Ideas
• Du Bois’s Theoretical Orientation
• ▶ Readings
• Introduction to The Philadelphia Negro
• From The Philadelphia Negro (1899)
• Introduction to The Souls of Black Folk
• From The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
• Introduction to “The Souls of White Folk”
• From “The Souls of White Folk” (1920)
• Discussion Questions
• Chapter 8 George Herbert Mead (1863–1931)
• Key Concepts
• A Biographical Sketch
• Intellectual Influences and Core Ideas
• Pragmatism
• Behaviorism
• ▶ Significant Others—Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929): The “Looking-Glass Self”
• Evolutionism
• ▶ Significant Others—William James (1842–1910): Consciousness and the Self
• Mead’s Theoretical Orientation
• ▶ Readings
• Introduction to “Mind”
• From “Mind” (1934)
• Introduction to “Self”
• From “Self” (1934)
• Introduction to “Society”
• From “Society” (1934)
• Discussion Questions
• Glossary and Terminology
• References
• Index