1672 Pages
by Routledge

1672 Pages
by Routledge

This four volume work, originally published in the 1980s and out of print for some years, represents a major attempt to redirect the course of contemporary sociological thought. Jeffrey Alexander analyses the most general and fundamental elements of sociological thinking about action and order and their ramifications for empirical study. He insists that sociological thought need not choose... Read more

Volume 1: Positivism, Presuppositions, and Current Controversies. Volume 2: The Antinomies of Classical Thought: Marx and Durkheim.  Volume 3: The Classical Attempt at Theoretical Synthesis: Max Weber.  Volume 4: The Modern Reconstruction of Classical Thought: Talcott Parsons

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