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Sociology
The science of society itself — from Comte to Garfinkel, from grand theory to the interaction order.
Who is Who in this Department ☞
Classical Founders
Converse with
Auguste Comte Simulacrum
Positivism · The Science of Society · Three Stages · Social Statics & Dynamics
19th century
Converse with
Harriet Martineau Simulacrum
Comparative Method · Abolitionist Sociology · How to Observe Morals & Manners
19th century
Converse with
Karl Marx Simulacrum
Historical Materialism · Critique of Capital · Class Struggle · Alienation
19th century
Converse with
Herbert Spencer Simulacrum
Synthetic Philosophy · Social Evolution · Differentiation · The Organism Analogy
19th century
Converse with
Ferdinand Tönnies Simulacrum
Gemeinschaft & Gesellschaft · Community vs Society · The Will Behind Both
19th–20th century
Converse with
Émile Durkheim Simulacrum
Social Facts · Solidarity · Anomie · The Division of Labour · Suicide
19th–20th century
Converse with
Georg Simmel Simulacrum
Forms of Sociation · The Stranger · Micro-Geometry · The Metropolis
19th–20th century
Converse with
Max Weber Simulacrum
Interpretive Sociology · Rationalization · Ideal Types · The Iron Cage · Bureaucracy
19th–20th century
Converse with
W.E.B. Du Bois Simulacrum
Double Consciousness · The Color Line · The Philadelphia Negro · Empirical Sociology
19th–20th century
American Tradition
Converse with
George Herbert Mead Simulacrum
Mind, Self & Society · Symbolic Interaction · The Generalised Other · The I and the Me
19th–20th century
Converse with
Arthur Kronfeld Simulacrum
Psychotherapy · Sexual Psychology · Individual Psychology · Weimar Clinical Psychology
19th–20th century
Converse with
Talcott Parsons Simulacrum
Structural Functionalism · The Social System · AGIL · Pattern Variables
20th century
Converse with
Robert K. Merton Simulacrum
Middle-Range Theory · Manifest & Latent Functions · Unintended Consequences · Anomie
20th century
Micro-Sociology & Interactionism
Converse with
Harold Garfinkel Simulacrum
Ethnomethodology · Practical Accomplishment · Breaching Experiments · Accountability
20th century
Converse with
Erving Goffman Simulacrum
Dramaturgy · The Interaction Order · Frame Analysis · Impression Management · Stigma
20th century
Converse with
Howard Becker Simulacrum
Labelling Theory · Art Worlds · Outsiders · Deviance as Social Process
20th–21st century
Scottish Enlightenment Sociology
Converse with
Adam Ferguson Simulacrum
Civil Society · Civic Virtue · Spontaneous Order · Essay on the History of Civil Society
18th century
Converse with
John Millar Simulacrum
Stadial Theory · Economic Base · Authority · The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks
18th century
Frankfurt School
Converse with
Max Horkheimer Simulacrum
Critical Theory · Eclipse of Reason · Traditional vs Critical Theory
20th century
Converse with
Herbert Marcuse Simulacrum
One-Dimensional Man · The Great Refusal · Repressive Tolerance · Eros and Civilization
20th century
Converse with
Theodor Adorno Simulacrum
Negative Dialectics · Culture Industry · Aesthetic Theory · The Authoritarian Personality
20th century
French Tradition
Converse with
Marcel Mauss Simulacrum
The Gift · Total Social Fact · Techniques of the Body · Exchange
19th–20th century
Converse with
Michel Foucault Simulacrum
Power/Knowledge · Archaeology · Genealogy · Discipline · Biopolitics
20th century
Converse with
Pierre Bourdieu Simulacrum
Habitus · Field · Capital · Symbolic Violence · Distinction
20th century
Family, Education & Society
Converse with
Willmott & Young Simulacrum
The Symmetrical Family · Stratified Diffusion · Conjugal Roles
20th century
Converse with
Correspondence Education Simulacrum
Correspondence Principle · Schooling & Capitalism · Hidden Curriculum
20th–21st century
Converse with
Francisian Gender Simulacrum
Gender Identity & Education · Underachievement Debate · Subject Choice
20th–21st century
Converse with
Willisian Education Simulacrum
Cultural Reproduction · Counter-School Culture · Learning to Labour
20th–21st century
Converse with
Davis & Moore Simulacrum
Functionalist Stratification · Role Allocation · Meritocracy
20th century
Converse with
Walbyan Patriarchy Simulacrum
Six Structures of Patriarchy · Public vs Private Patriarchy
20th–21st century
Converse with
Albert Cohen Simulacrum
Status Frustration · Delinquent Subcultures · Reaction Formation
20th–21st century

Collective Irrationality, Crowd Psychology & Media

Converse with
Jean-Gabriel de Tarde Simulacrum
Le Bon sees the CROWD — the mob in the street, physically co-present, dissolved
1843–1904
Converse with
Jacques Ellul Simulacrum
Bernays thinks propaganda is a TOOL that the propagandist uses ON the public. I
1912–1994
Converse with
Herbert Marshall McLuhan Simulacrum
Everyone discusses what is ON television. No one discusses what television DOES.
1911–1980
Converse with
Guy Ernest Debord Simulacrum
In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents
1931–1994
Converse with
Neil Postman Simulacrum
We were warned about two dystopias. Orwell warned that books would be BANNED. Hu
1931–2003