Syllabus - Sociological Theory - Davidson College

History." AJS 85 (1980):1145-
W. Schluchter, The Rise of Western Rationalism: Max Weber's Developmental History. U. of California Pr., 1981.
A. Mitzman, The Iron Cage: An Historical Interpretation of Max Weber. NY: Universal Library, 1969.
Parsons, "Introduction." Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
Schutz, Alfred. On phenomenology and social relations; selected writings, ed., Helmut R. Wagner. Chicago, U of Chicago
Pr, 1970.
Dilthey, Pattern and Meaning in History.
Aron, Main Currents, II, 219-318.
Randall Collins, Max Weber: A Skeleton Key. Beverly Hills: SAGE, 1986.
Randall Collins, Weberian Sociological Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge U. Pr., 1986.
Bryan S. Turner, Max Weber: From History to Modernity. London: Routledge, 1993.
Marianne Weber, Max Weber: A Biography. NY: Wiley, 1975.
Johannes Weiss, Weber and the Marxist World. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986.
Wolfgang Mommsen, The Political and Social Theory of Max Weber. Cambridge: Polity, 1989.
Stanislav Andreski, Max Weber's Insights and Errors. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.
Deutscher Soziologentag, Max Weber and Sociology Today, ed. by Otto Stammer; tr. by Kathleen Morris. New York:
Harper & Row, 1971.
Julien Freund, The Sociology of Max Weber. NY: Vintage, 1968.
Susan J. Hekman, Weber, The Ideal Type, and Contemporary Social Theory. Notre Dame: U. of Notre Dame Pr., 1983.
Dirk Kasler, Max Weber. Chicago: U. of Chicago Pr., 1988.
Guy Oaks, Weber and Rickert. Cambridge, MA: MIT Pr., 1988.
Guenther Roth, Max Weber's Vision of History. Berkeley: U. of California Pr., 1979.
Ahmad Sadu, Max Weber's Sociology of Intellectuals. NY: Oxford U. Pr., 1992.
Wolfgang Schluchter, The Rise of Western Rationalism. Berkeley: U. of California Pr., 1981.
Charles P. Loomis and Zona K. Loomis, eds., Seminar on Max Weber's Theory of Religion and Socio-Economic Change,
Hyderabad, 1966. New Delhi: Affiliated East-West Press; NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1969.
Anthony Giddens, Politics and Sociology in the Thought of Max Weber. London: Macmillan, 1972.
Morrison, Kenneth. Marx, Durkheim, Weber : formations of modern social thought. London : Sage, 1995
Schluchter, Wolfgang. Paradoxes of modernity : culture and conduct in the theory of Max Weber. Stanford: Stanford U. Pr.,
1996.
Turner, Stephen P. Max Weber : the lawyer as social thinker. London: Routledge, 1994.
Simmel, "The Problem of Sociology”
Simmel, "Exchange"
Simmel, "Conflict"
Simmel, "Domination"
Simmel, "The Poor"
Simmel, "The Stranger"
Simmel, "Group Expansion and the Development of Individuality
Simmel, "The Metropolis and Mental Life
Simmel, "Freedom and the Individual"
Simmel, "Social Forms and Inner Needs"
Coser, "Georg Simmel 1858-1918"
Talcott Parsons, The Structure of Social Action. 2 vols. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1937, the lost chapter on Simmel (still not
found? I've heard that excuse before!)
D. N. Levine, "Introduction." Georg Simmel on Individuality and Social Forms.
D. Levine, Carter, and Gorman. "Simmel's Influence on American Sociology." AJS 81 (January, March, 1976):813-45,
1112-32.
K. Wolff, "Introduction." The Sociology of Georg Simmel. NY: Free Press, 1950.
P. Lawrence, Georg Simmel: Sociologist and European. NY: Barnes & Noble, 1977.
T. Abel, "The Contribution of Georg Simmel: A Reappraisal." ASR 24 (August, 1959):4730-79.
L. Coser, "Georg Simmel's Style of Work...." AJS 63 (May, 1958):635-41.
G. Homans, "Social Behavior as Exchange." AJS 63 (May, 1958):596-606.
L. Coser, The Functions of Social Conflict. NY: Free Press, 1956.
L. Coser, Georg Simmel. Prentice-Hall, 1965.
Gianfranco Poggi, Money and the Modern Mind: Georg Simmel's Philosophy of Money. Berkeley: U. of California
Pr., 1993.
Frisby, David. Simmel and since : essays on Georg Simmel's social theory. London: Routledge, 1992.
Frisby, David. Sociological impressionism : a reassessment of Georg Simmel's social theory. 2nd ed. London: Routledge,
1992.
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