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Explorations in
CLASSICAL
SOCIOLOGICAL
THEORY
THIRD EDITION
Explorations in
CLASSICAL
SOCIOLOGICAL
THEORY
SEEING THE SOCIAL WORLD
THIRD EDITION
KENNETH ALLAN
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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Allan, Kenneth, 1951-Explorations in classical sociological theory: seeing the social world/Kenneth
Allan.—3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4129-9243-5 (pbk.)
1. Sociology—Philosophy—History—19th century. 2. Sociology—Philosophy—History—20th
century. I. Title.
HM445.A45 2013
301.01—dc23
2012003286
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Contents
Preface
1. Beginning to See: A Sociological Core
The Making of Modernity and the Modern Way of Knowing
Institutions of Modernity
The Birth of Sociology: August Comte
Comte’s Positivism
The Evolution of Knowledge
Theory
Advantages and Goals of Positivism
Seeing Society
Sociological Methods
Practicing Theory—A Summary
B
UILDING
Y
OUR THEORY TOOLBOX
2. Seeing Society for the First Time: Herbert Spencer
Theorist’s Digest
The Sociological Imagination of Herbert Spencer
Spencer’s Life
Spencer’s Social World
Spencer’s Sociological Imagination: Functionalism
Concepts and Theory: Social Evolution
The Social System
System Needs
Differentiation and Specialization
Types of Society
Regulatory Complexity
Industrial and Militaristic
Concepts and Theory: Social Institutions
Domestic Institutions
Ceremonial Institutions
Ecclesiastical Institutions
Thinking About Modernity and Postmodernity
Defining Postmodernity
Religion: A Postmodern Case in Point
Summary

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