Readings Ỉ n Social Theory Fourth Edition the CLASSIC TRADITION to POST-MODERNISM James Favganis So I r~ m Marcusc Habermas Foucault Lyotard [...]... is s u s ta in e d frie n d sh ip James Far^anh Poughkeepsie, Nezc York N ew York City, N eic York 2003 ™ READINGS IN SOCIAL THEORY The Classic Tradition to Post- Modernism Introduction The Classic Tradition to Post- Modernism: An Overview James Farganis I The Classic Tradition A lth o u g h th e o rie s a b o u t so c ie ty d a te b ack to the G re e k s , s o c io lo g y a s a d is c ip lin e d , sc... p erien tial m o d e of k n o w in g the m ea n in g o f th e lives o f w o m en M ichele Barrett s The Classic Tradition to Post- M odernism: A ll O verview essay, "W ords a n d T h in g s " (ch a p te r 12) raises a n im p o rta n t c a u tio n a ry n o te in resp e c t to th e p a ra d ig m shift in fem inist theory, p a rticu la rly th e e m b ra c e of "p o st-stru ctu ralism " a n d its im... e action Fem inist social th eo ry a s it h as em erg ed o v er the p a st tw en ty -fiv e v e a rs d ra w s from d ifferen t p ersp ectiv es o f th e sociological trad itio n Libera] fem inism , M arxian fem inism , radical fem inism , a n d socialist fem inism a re a m o n g the varieties of fem in ist th eo ry th a t p ro v id e critical p ersp ectiv es on m ain stream th eo rizin g in sociology... co n tin u e w o rk in g w ith the theoretical concepts th at h e d e v elo p ed S ym ­ bolic Interactionism is the n am e of the orientation taken by th o se w h o have follow ed in M ead 's w ake T he a p p ro a c h p laces considerab le e m p h a ­ sis o n the self as a social constru ctio n , o n the in teractiv e processes a s central to u n d e rs ta n d in g h u m a n b ehavior, a n d on the. .. and the Spirit of Capitalism New York: Scribner's; 1958a: H ans H G e rth , a n d c W rig h t M ills, ed s From Max Weber: Essrti/s in Sociology N e w York: O x fo rd U n iv e rsity C ritic is m W ith o u t P h ilo s o p h y : A n E n c o u n te r Between Fem inism and Post- M odernism " Theory, Culture and Socicty 3( 2-3 1:37 3-3 94 Z e itlin , Irving, 1%8: Ideology and the Dcz’clopmait of Sociological Theory. .. n Books.; 1988: The Care of the Self: The History of Sexuality Vol 3 Trans, bv R o b ert H urley Science Boston: A llyn and Bacon The Neio Syntheses New York: Columbia University P ress Rousseau, J ean J acques, 1947: "W hat Is the O rigin of Inequality am ong Men?" In The Social Contract ami Discourse London: Everym an's Library, J M.Dent Salomon, A lbert, 1945: "German Sociology." In Twen­ tieth Century... r­ tak in g a scientific e x a m in a tio n o f so cietv a n d the h u m a n c o n d itio n , th e philosopher h a d ac tu a lly The Classic Tradition to Post- M odernism: A n O verview e n g a g e d in a fo rm o f m o ra l p h ilo so p h isin g C arl B ecker (1959,101) a s k s th e q uestio n : Is it, th e n , p o ssib le th a t th e P h ilo so p h e rs w e re n o t rea lly in te re s te d in e s... r a t all th a t A m e ric a a n d o th e r W e ste rn in d u s tr ia l so c ie tie s a r e m o v in g in to a p o s t- in d u s tr ia l a g e , in to a s e rv ic e e c o n o m y in w h ic h in d u s tr ia l la b o r is o n 5 th e d e c lin e a n d in w h ic h th e s e rv ic e s e cto r is e x p a n d in g ? D o es th e e m e rg e n c e o f th e in fo r­ m atio n a g e w ith its e m p h a s is o n k... ta rd , J e a n -F ra n c o is , 1984: The Post- Modern Con­ dition: A Report of Knowledge T rans, b v G e o ff Ben­ n in g to n a n d B rian M o ssu m i M in n eap o lis: U n i­ v e rs ity o f M in n eso ta P ress M arcu se, H erbekt, 1966: One-Dimensional Man Boston: B eacon Press M ills , c W r ig h t, 1959: The Sociological Imagination N ew York: Oxford University Press; 1%0: linages of M a n ... l q u e s tio n s 6 Introduction th at d e fin e th e sociological e n te rp ris e , a n d th e s tu d e n t is in v ite d to th in k th ro u g h th ese q u e s ­ tio n s w ith th e sk illed g u id a n c e of so m e o f th e g re a t m in d s in social theorv A u g u ste C o m te (179 8-1 857), o ften cited as the first to u se th e w o rd sociology to refer to the n e w d iscipline, s o u g h t to u . READINGS IN SOCIAL THEORY The Classic Tradition to Post- Modernism