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HM435-477 History of sociology. History of sociological theory
HM461-473 Schools of sociology. Schools of social thought
HM481-554 Theory. Method. Relations to other subjects
Featured Books on Sociological Theory
Sociological Lives and Ideas
by
Fred C. Pampel
Call Number: HM478 .P36
Brings to life the fundamental ideas of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and George H. Mead by placing them in the context of each theorists' biography.
Sociology: The Basics
by
Ken Plummer
Call Number: HM585 .P58
Examines the scope, history and purpose of sociology; ways of understanding 'the social' the state of the world we live in today; suffering and social inequalities; key tools for researching and thinking about 'the social'; the impact of new technologies.
Database covering information in all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
Index, abstracts, and full text covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
Provides abstracts and citations to the scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. The database includes material of relevance to psychologists and professionals in related fields such as psychiatry, management, business, education, social science, neuroscience, law, medicine, and social work.
Publishes work in all areas of theory, including new substantive theories, history of theory, metatheory, formal theory construction, and synthetic contributions.
Original works of interest to all areas of sociology in general, new theoretical developments, results of research that advance understanding of fundamental social processes and important methodological innovations.
Open online introductory sociology text from OpenStax; this section introduces the three main sociological theories and how they are used to explain social institutions.
Open Access introductory reader to sociological theory. Focuses mainly on classical sociological theory (Marx, Durkheim, Weber), with a final section devoted to Early American Sociology.
Full length film examining the three major perspectives in sociology:
societies as organic structures, societies as economic structures, and societies as social action. A part of the series Understanding Sociology.