Classic Sociological Theories and Modernity

Author: Wang Xiaozhang
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Centered around the five classic sociological theorists Tocqueville, Marx, Durkheim, Simmel, and Weber, this book systematically clarifies the discourse of modernity in classic sociological theories from the context in which the theories were generated, methodological debates, empirical diagnoses of modernity, and normative treatments of modernity. It reveals the common themes and individual concerns of the theorists, and also demonstrates the manifestations of the modernity issue across political, economic, social, cultural, and individual psychological dimensions.