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Sociology
The science of society itself — from Comte to Garfinkel, from grand theory to the interaction order.
Who is Who in this Department ☞
Classical Founders
Converse with
Auguste Comte Simulacrum
Positivism · The Science of Society · Three Stages · Social Statics & Dynamics
19th century
Converse with
Harriet Martineau Simulacrum
Comparative Method · Abolitionist Sociology · How to Observe Morals & Manners
19th century
Converse with
Karl Marx Simulacrum
Historical Materialism · Critique of Capital · Class Struggle · Alienation
19th century
Converse with
Herbert Spencer Simulacrum
Synthetic Philosophy · Social Evolution · Differentiation · The Organism Analogy
19th century
Converse with
Ferdinand Tönnies Simulacrum
Gemeinschaft & Gesellschaft · Community vs Society · The Will Behind Both
19th–20th century
Converse with
Émile Durkheim Simulacrum
Social Facts · Solidarity · Anomie · The Division of Labour · Suicide
19th–20th century
Converse with
Georg Simmel Simulacrum
Forms of Sociation · The Stranger · Micro-Geometry · The Metropolis
19th–20th century
Converse with
Max Weber Simulacrum
Interpretive Sociology · Rationalization · Ideal Types · The Iron Cage · Bureaucracy
19th–20th century
Converse with
W.E.B. Du Bois Simulacrum
Double Consciousness · The Color Line · The Philadelphia Negro · Empirical Sociology
19th–20th century
American Tradition
Converse with
George Herbert Mead Simulacrum
Mind, Self & Society · Symbolic Interaction · The Generalised Other · The I and the Me
19th–20th century
Converse with
Arthur Kronfeld Simulacrum
Psychotherapy · Sexual Psychology · Individual Psychology · Weimar Clinical Psychology
19th–20th century
Converse with
Talcott Parsons Simulacrum
Structural Functionalism · The Social System · AGIL · Pattern Variables
20th century
Converse with
Robert K. Merton Simulacrum
Middle-Range Theory · Manifest & Latent Functions · Unintended Consequences · Anomie
20th century
Micro-Sociology & Interactionism
Converse with
Harold Garfinkel Simulacrum
Ethnomethodology · Practical Accomplishment · Breaching Experiments · Accountability
20th century
Converse with
Erving Goffman Simulacrum
Dramaturgy · The Interaction Order · Frame Analysis · Impression Management · Stigma
20th century
Converse with
Howard Becker Simulacrum
Labelling Theory · Art Worlds · Outsiders · Deviance as Social Process
20th–21st century
Scottish Enlightenment Sociology
Converse with
Adam Ferguson Simulacrum
Civil Society · Civic Virtue · Spontaneous Order · Essay on the History of Civil Society
18th century
Converse with
John Millar Simulacrum
Stadial Theory · Economic Base · Authority · The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks
18th century
Frankfurt School
Converse with
Max Horkheimer Simulacrum
Critical Theory · Eclipse of Reason · Traditional vs Critical Theory
20th century
Converse with
Herbert Marcuse Simulacrum
One-Dimensional Man · The Great Refusal · Repressive Tolerance · Eros and Civilization
20th century
Converse with
Theodor Adorno Simulacrum
Negative Dialectics · Culture Industry · Aesthetic Theory · The Authoritarian Personality
20th century
French Tradition
Converse with
Marcel Mauss Simulacrum
The Gift · Total Social Fact · Techniques of the Body · Exchange
19th–20th century
Converse with
Michel Foucault Simulacrum
Power/Knowledge · Archaeology · Genealogy · Discipline · Biopolitics
20th century
Converse with
Pierre Bourdieu Simulacrum
Habitus · Field · Capital · Symbolic Violence · Distinction
20th century
Family, Education & Society
Converse with
Willmott & Young Simulacrum
The Symmetrical Family · Stratified Diffusion · Conjugal Roles
20th century
Converse with
Correspondence Education Simulacrum
Correspondence Principle · Schooling & Capitalism · Hidden Curriculum
20th–21st century
Converse with
Francisian Gender Simulacrum
Gender Identity & Education · Underachievement Debate · Subject Choice
20th–21st century
Converse with
Willisian Education Simulacrum
Cultural Reproduction · Counter-School Culture · Learning to Labour
20th–21st century
Converse with
Davis & Moore Simulacrum
Functionalist Stratification · Role Allocation · Meritocracy
20th century
Converse with
Walbyan Patriarchy Simulacrum
Six Structures of Patriarchy · Public vs Private Patriarchy
20th–21st century
Converse with
Albert Cohen Simulacrum
Status Frustration · Delinquent Subcultures · Reaction Formation
20th–21st century