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This classic text explores the lives and ideas of the social thinkers who have shaped and continue to forge traditions in sociology. Focusing on the great names in the field, it weaves biographical and conceptual details into a tapestry of the history of social thought of the 19th and 20th centuries. Written in a narrative style that is accessible and exciting, this text is an excellent supplement for courses in social/sociological theory, the history of social thought, the history of sociology, and introduction to sociology..

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• Introduction
• Society and Illusion
• Part One The Vicissitudes of Nineteenth-Century Rationalism
• Chapter 1 The Prophets of Paris
• Chapter 2 Sociology in the Underground
• Chapter 3 The Last Gentleman
• Chapter 4 Nietzsche's Madness
• Chapter 5 Do-Gooders, Evolutionists, and Racists
• Part Two The Great Breakthrough
• Chapter 6 Dreyfus's Empire
• Chapter 7 Max Weber: The Disenchantment of the World
• Chapter 8 Sigmund Freud: Conquistador of the Irrational
• Chapter 9 The Discovery of the Invisible World
• Part Three The Vicissitudes of Twentieth-Century Sophistication
• Chapter 10 The Discovery of the Ordinary World: Thomas, Park and the Chicago School
• Chapter 11 The Emergence of African-American Sociology: Du Bois, Frazier, Drake, and Cayton
• Chapter 12 The Construction of the Social System: Pareto and Parsons
• Chapter 13 Hitler's Shadow: Michels, Mannheim, and Mills
• Chapter 14 Erving Goffman and the Theater of Social Encounters
• Chapter 15 Contemporary Sociological Theory in France, Germany, and the United States
• Chapter 16 The Impact of Women in Sociology of the Late Twentieth Century
• Bibliographical Suggestions
• Index