Theoretical Sociology

Jonathan H. Turner (PhD, Cornell University) is Distinguished Professor of sociology at the University of California at Riverside and University Professor for the University of California. The leading authority on sociological theory, Dr. Turner is the author of 38 influential books, which have been published in twelve different languages, as well as the author of many research articles in numerous journals and books.

Theoretical Sociology The Classical Period, 1830-1935 August Comte and The Emergence of Sociology Herbert Spencer Karl Marx The Max Weber Georg Simmel Emile Durkheim George Herbert Mead The Classical Roots of Contemporary Theorizing The Modern Era Functional Theorizing General Systems Theorizing Ecological Theorizing Evolutionary Theorizing Conflict Theorizing Exchange Theorizing Symbolic Interactionist Theorizing Role and Status Theorizing Dramaturgical Theorizing Phenomenological and Ethnomethodological Theorizing Structuralist Theorizing (include structuration theory, network theory) Cultural Theorizing Postmodern Theorizing European Critical Theorizing American-style Critical Theorizing The State of Sociological Theory Elements of Scientific Theorizing Overcoming Roadblocks to Cumulative Explanatory Theory in Sociology