Social Theory Re-Wired

Wesley Longhofer is an assistant professor in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. He teaches courses in corporate social responsibility and conducts research on philanthropy, globalization, and civic engagement. Daniel Winchester is an assistant professor at the University of Connecticut. His research and teaching interests are in social and cultural theory, religion, morality, and the sociology of the self. Both Wes and Dan were Graduate Editors for Contexts, a publication of the ASA that makes sociology interesting and relevant to a non-academic, public audience. If you have any questions about the book or website, you can reach Dan at http://www.soc.umn.edu/people/gradprofile.php?UID=winch023.

MAIN Table of Contents





Preface





I. EMERGENCE THROUGH CONVERGENCE: The Puzzles of Social Order





Introductory Essay: This Deserted Island is Out of Order


The classic novel The Lord of the Flies helps us see that social order is both a product of our own making and something much more powerful than the sum of its parts. We move from the social facts of Durkheim to more contemporary takes on the enigma of social order.





Classical Connections: Emile Durkheim





1. Emile Durkheim, The Rules of Sociological Method


2. Emile Durkheim, The Division of Labor in Society


3. Emile Durkheim, Suicide


4. Emile Durkheim, Elementary Forms of Religious Life





Contemporary Extensions: Social Order Re-Wired





5. Talcott Parsons and Edward Shils, "Categories of the Orientation and Organization of Action"


6. Harold Garfinkel, Studies in Ethnomethodology


7. Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality





　


II. NETWORKS OF CAPITAL: Dimensions of Global Capitalism





Introductory Essay: Salvaging What Wall Street Left Behind


Today’s global financial crisis reminds us that economic troubles have profound consequences for social relationships. Marx sets the stage for a lively discussion of the role the economy plays in our global age, and Wallerstein, Castells, and Bourdieu provide contemporary visions of the many links between the economic and the social.





Classical Connections: Karl Marx





8. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The German Ideology


9. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party


10. Karl Marx, Capital


11. Karl Marx, "Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844"





Contemporary Extensions: Capital Re-Wired





12. Immanuel Wallerstein, "The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System"


13. Manuel Castells, "Materials for an Exploratory Theory of the Network Society"


14. Pierre Bourdieu, "The Forms of Capital"


15. Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction





　


III. PATHWAY TO MELTDOWN: Theorizing the Dark Side of Modernity





Introductory Essay: Your Smart Phone Might Be an Evil Genius


Smart phones are but one example of how our social world is becoming more and more shaped by technology. From the pious Puritans of Weber to the one-dimensional men of the Frankfurt School, we explore the pitfalls and promises of a rationalized, modern society.





Classical Connections: Max Weber





16. Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism


17. Max Weber, "Basic Sociological Terms"


18. Max Weber, "The Types of Legitimate Domination"


19. Max Weber, "Bureaucracy"


20. Max Weber, "Class, Status, Party"





Contemporary Extensions: The Rational Society Re-Wired





21. Herbert Marcuse, One–Dimensional Man


22. Jurgen Habermas, Toward a Rational Society


23. Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish


24. Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity





　


IV. SHIFTING THE PARADIGM: Excluded Voices, Alternative Knowledges





Introductory Essay: Webs Of Knowledge in the Digital Divide


The production of knowledge on the Internet is not as democratic as we might think. DuBois, Beauvoir, and more contemporary voices within critical race, postcolonial, and feminist thought remind us the same is true in social theory.





Classical Connections: W.E.B. DuBois and Simone de Beauvoir





25. W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk


26. Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex





Contemporary Extensions: Paradigms Re-Wired





27. Michael Omi and Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States


28. Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks


29. Edward Said, Orientalism


30. Dorothy Smith, The Conceptual Practices of Power


31. Patricia Hill Collins, Black Feminist Thought





　


V. RISE OF THE AVATAR: Connecting Self and Society





Introductory Essay: Through the Looking-Glass of Facebook


Our Facebook profiles provide a glimpse of the collective foundations of our individual selves. Mead and Simmel lay the foundations for thinking about the social origins of the self, and Goffman, Foucault, and others provide provocative takes on what identity means in today’s complicated world.





Classical Connections: George Herbert Mead and Georg Simmel





32. George Herbert Mead, "Self"


33. Georg Simmel, "The Metropolis and Mental Life"


34. Georg Simmel, "The Stranger"





Contemporary Extensions: Identity Re-Wired





35. Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life


36. Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality


37. Judith Butler, Gender Trouble


38. Zygmunt Bauman, "From Pilgrim to Tourist: or a Short History of Identity"



Glossary Index


ALTERNATE Table of Contents (BY TRADITION OR THEORIST)





Preface





I. Classical Sociological Theory





1. KARL MARX


8. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The German Ideology


9. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party


10. Karl Marx, Capital


11. Karl Marx, "Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844"





2. EMILE DURKHEIM


1. Emile Durkheim, The Division of Labor in Society


2. Emile Durkheim, The Rules of Sociological Method


3. Emile Durkheim, Suicide


4. Emile Durkheim, Elementary Forms of Religious Life





3. MAX WEBER


16. Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism


17. Max Weber, "Basic Sociological Terms"


18. Max Weber, "The Types of Legitimate Domination"


19. Max Weber, "Bureaucracy"


20. Max Weber, "Class, Status, Party"





4. GEORG SIMMEL


33. Georg Simmel, "The Metropolis and Mental Life"


34. Georg Simmel, "The Stranger"





5. DU BOIS AND DE BEAUVOIR


25. W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk


26. Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex





II. Mid–Century American Sociology





6. PRAGMATISM


32. George Herbert Mead, "Self"





7. STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM


5. Talcott Parsons and Edward Shils, "Categories of the Orientation and Organization of Action"





8. PHENOMENOLOGY


7. Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality





　


9. SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM


35. Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life





10. ETHNOMETHODOLOGY


6. Harold Garfinkel, Studies in Ethnomethodology





III. Recent Developments





11. CRITICAL THEORY


21. Herbert Marcuse, One–Dimensional Man


22. Jurgen Habermas, Toward a Rational Society





12. POSTSTRUCTURALISMS


23. Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish


36. Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality


14. Pierre Bourdieu, "The Forms of Capital"


15. Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction





13. CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST THEORY


30. Dorothy Smith, The Conceptual Practices of Power


31. Patricia Hill Collins, Black Feminist Thought


37. Judith Butler, Gender Trouble





14. RACE, ETHNICITY, AND POSTCOLONIALISM


28. Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks


29. Edward Said, Orientalism


27. Michael Omi and Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States





15. MODERNITY AND POSTMODERNITY


12. Immanuel Wallerstein, "The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System"


13. Manuel Castells, "Materials for an Exploratory Theory of the Network Society"


24. Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity


38. Zygmunt Bauman, "From Pilgrim to Tourist: or a Short History of Identity"





Glossary Index