Mappers of Society: The Lives, Times, and Legacies of Great Sociologists

313 Pages·2003·17.61 MB·English

by  Ronald Fernandez

Mappers of Society
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Mappers of Society
The Lives, Times, and Legacies of Great
Sociologists
RONALD FERNANDEZ
Westport, Connecticut
PRAEGER
London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fernandez, Ronald.
Mappers of society : the lives, times, and legacies of great sociologists / Ronald
Fernandez,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-275-97434-0 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-275-97435-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Sociologists—Biography. 2. Sociology—Philosophy. I. Title.
HM478.F47 2003
301 '.092'2—dc21 203042056
[B]
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 2003 by Ronald Fernandez
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2003042056
ISBN: 0-275-97434-0
0-275-97435-9 (pbk.)
First published in 2003
Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
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Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
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Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To Rex Nettleford,
a role model for all seasons
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1 Karl Marx 1
2 Emile Durkheim 35
3 Max Weber 75
4 Georg Simel 109
5 George Herbert Mead 141
6 Thorstein Veblen 173
7 Erving Gofman 203
8 Peter L. Berger 23
Conclusion 265
Bibliography 271
Index 275
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Acknowledgments
At CCSU Pearl Bartlet and Antonio Garcia Lozada read portions of the
manuscript and provided many useful ideas and criticisms.
Burt Baldwin read and reread the manuscript. He offered insights, sug-
gestions, and a number of very helpful criticisms. I owe Burt a tremendous
debt of gratitude; he is, of course, in no way responsible for the final
product.
Praeger's Jim Sabin asked me to write this book. I want to say thank
you. It was an absolute delight to research and write what Jim accurately
titled, Mappers of Society.
The staff at Impressions Book and Journal Services, Inc. provided help
and compassion to an impatient author. The copy edit of the manuscript
was the best I have seen.
Brenda Harrison read every line of this book. It would not exist without
her.