The following include accessible introductions to Sociology in general, and
to the ideas of Marx, Weber and Durkheim in particular. You are expected to
use them for your essays. For other suitable texts, consult your seminar
tutor.
C W Mills, 1959, The Sociological Imagination, OUP.
Giddens, A., 2006, Sociology, Polity.
Fulcher J & Scott J, 2008, Sociology, OUP.
Cohen R & Kennedy P, 2000, Global Sociology, Palgrave.
Bruce, S., 1999, Sociology: a very short introduction, OUP.
Berger, P., 1963, Invitation to Sociology, Penguin.
Johnson A, 2000, The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology, Blackwell.
Craib, I, 1997, Classical Social Theory, OUP.
Swingewood, A., 2000, A Short History of Sociological Thought, 3rd edn.,
Palgrave
Morrison K., 2006, Marx, Durkheim & Weber: formations of modern social
thought, 2nd. edn., Sage
Ritzer, G., 2007, Classical Sociological Theory, 5th edn., McGraw Hill.
Abbott P & Wallace C, 1996, An Introduction to Sociology: Feminist
Perspectives, 2nd. edn., Routledge.
O'Donnell M., 2001, Classical & Contemporary Sociology: Theory & Issues,
Hodder & Stoughton.
Taylor, S., (ed) 1999, Sociology: Issues & Debates, Macmillan.
Callinicos A, 1995, The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx , Bookmarks.
Giddens, A, 1978, Durkheim, Fontana
Parkin, F, 1982, Max Weber, Routledge.
Marx, Weber and Durkheim (original texts)
Your Part 2 essay should also demonstrate (with appropriate citation in the
main body of your essay) that you have studied Marx, Weber and Durkheim in
the original. The following are the most accessible.
Durkheim E, 1984, The Division of Labour in Society Macmillan.
Durkheim E, 1951, Suicide : A Study in Sociology Routledge.
Giddens A, ed., 1972, Emile Durkheim: Selected Writings, CUP
McLellan D (ed) , 1977, Karl Marx: Selected Writings. OUP
Marx K, Engels F, 1998, The Communist Manifesto, Oxford World's Classics,
OUP
Marx K, 1970, The German Ideology, Part 1 Arthur C J (Ed.) Lawrence &
Wishart,
Gerth H, Wright Mills C (eds.) 1948, From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology,
Routledge Runciman W G (ed.), 1978, Max Weber: Selections, Cambridge Univ.
Press.
Weber M, 2001, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,
Routledge.
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