The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts in SociologyUsing a conceptual organizing framework, this work provides a concise introduction to sociology that focuses on core concepts as the central building blocks for understanding sociology. Written in a conversational style, it uses numerous pedagogical features to help students grasp key sociological concepts. |
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... Max Weber , and Karl Marx As Durkheim was resolving the paradox of dependency in France , sociology was emerging in Germany under the leadership of Ferdinand Tönnies and Max Weber . Like Durkheim , Tönnies compared premodern and modern ...
... Max Weber , and Karl Marx As Durkheim was resolving the paradox of dependency in France , sociology was emerging in Germany under the leadership of Ferdinand Tönnies and Max Weber . Like Durkheim , Tönnies compared premodern and modern ...
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... Max Weber was intrigued with Tönnies ' idea that people act with a variety of motives and that the type of motive makes a dif- ference in what they do . In Weber's eyes , especially , the fact that people had begun to see one another ...
... Max Weber was intrigued with Tönnies ' idea that people act with a variety of motives and that the type of motive makes a dif- ference in what they do . In Weber's eyes , especially , the fact that people had begun to see one another ...
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... Weber , Max . 1904-1905 / 1958 . The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capital- ism . New York : Scribner . 1918/1958 . " Inconvenient Facts . " Pp . 145–147 in H. H. Gerth and C. W. Mills ( eds . ) , From Max Weber . New York : Oxford ...
... Weber , Max . 1904-1905 / 1958 . The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capital- ism . New York : Scribner . 1918/1958 . " Inconvenient Facts . " Pp . 145–147 in H. H. Gerth and C. W. Mills ( eds . ) , From Max Weber . New York : Oxford ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Sociological Eye | 27 |
Specialization | 35 |
Copyright | |
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