SOC 600: Classical Theory

Sociology 600 is the required graduate course in classical sociological theory. The course is taught every fall. It is a survey of the three major classical theorists: Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.

See: the syllabus from Fall 2017. Suggestions for weekly writing weekly readings

FYI: Corina’s Marx Essay The Commune Lenin’s Imperialism

Durkheim’s Elementary Forms

For starters, try:

Second Class

Soc600\soc 600\intro.doc

Soc600\soc 600\MAP.doc

Soc600\soc 600\pre-soc overview.doc

Soc600\soc 600\J.S. Mill.doc

For those interested in philosophers, try:

Soc600\soc 600\ARISTOTL.doc

Soc600\soc 600\Saint Augustine.doc

Soc600\soc 600\Machiavelli.doc

Soc600\soc 600\More.doc

Soc600\soc 600\Locke.doc

Soc600\soc 600\Rousseau.doc

Soc600\soc 600\Kant.doc

Soc600\soc 600\saintsimon.doc

http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/index.htm

Soc600\soc 600\Mill.doc

For More Social Science types:

Soc600\soc 600\adam smith.doc

Soc600\soc 600\comte.doc

Vilfredo Pareto Pareto Picture

With Marx: Marx1.doc Marx2.doc Marx 3.doc Last Marx.doc

With Durkheim: Durkheim 1 Durkheim 2 Durkheim 3 Michael Burawoy on Durkheim

see also, General law of Capitalist Accumulation (from Soc 402 site)

Weber: Types Weber in ASR 2015

For those interested in Simmel: Outlines\SimmelOutline.doc

For those interested in Social Psychology: Soc 312\Social Psychology.ppt