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Forgotten Founders and Other Neglected Social Theorists

Edited by Christopher T. Conner; Nicholas M. Baxter and David R. Dickens - Contributions by Christopher T. Conner; Nicholas M. Baxter; David R. Dickens; Eugene Halton; Mary Jo Deegan; Stacy L. Smith; Alan Sica; Christine Bucior; Diane M. Rodgers; Lawrence T. Nichols; Harvey A. Farberman; Michael A. Katovich; Thaddeus Müller; Lukas Szrot and Shing-Ling S. Chen

This edited volume highlights the work of ten forgotten and neglected social theorists in the hope of reinvigorating interest in their work and their potential contributions to the analysis of contemporary social issues. Each chapter includes a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected theorist’s work and significance, and the relevance of their work to one or more contemporary social issues. While other similar texts tend to focus primarily on intellectual biography, our emphasis here is on the scholar’s theories and their application to contemporary social issues. We provide a contextualization of each scholar’s work, using present-day social issues or problems. Many of these individuals played a significant role in the development of sociology. Our hope is to provide a resource that will help re-integrate these marginalized social theorists, rescuing them from obscurity and elevating their status.
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Lexington Books
Pages: 250 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-4985-7371-9 • Hardback • May 2019 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
978-1-4985-7373-3 • Paperback • December 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-4985-7372-6 • eBook • May 2019 • $42.50 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory, History / Social History
Christopher T. Conner is visiting assistant professor of sociology at Knox College.



Nicholas M. Baxter is acting assistant professor of sociology at Indiana University Kokomo.



David R. Dickens is professor of sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Introduction

Christopher T. Conner, Nicholas M. Baxter, and David R. Dickens



Part 1: Forgotten Founders



1 John Stuart-Glennie’s Lost Legacy

Eugene Halton



2 Annie Marion Maclean and Sociology at the University of Chicago and Hull House

Mary Jo Deegan



3 Marianne Weber and the March for Our Lives Movement

Stacy L. Smith



4 Luther Bernard

Alan Sica and Christine Bucior



5 Radhakamal Mukerjee: A Regional, Social Ecological Outlook

Diane M. Rodgers



Part 2: Other Neglected Social Theorists



6 Pitirim A. Sorokin: Integral Science, Global Culture, and Love

Lawrence T. Nichols



7 Gregory P. Stone’s Contributions to Urban Sociology, Social Psychology, and the Sociology of Sport

Harvey A. Farberman



8 Carl J. Couch

Michael A. Katovich and Shing-Ling S. Chen



9 Jack Douglas: The Reinvention of Society and Sociology: Creative Deviance, the

Construction of Meaning, and Social Order

Thaddeus Müller



10 Ben Agger: Social Theory as Public Sociology

Lukas Szrot

Editors Christopher T. Conner, Nicholas M. Baxter, and David R. Dickens have done us a great service by publishing this volume on important theorists that, as its title suggests, have been largely left unread and underappreciated. I hope the book is picked up by advanced undergraduates planning for graduate school, current graduate students focusing on social theory, and faculty looking to add to or modify existing theory courses. Instructors can assign the full text or add value to their courses by selecting some chapters while recommending the rest. Perhaps teachers looking to move beyond Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Du Bois in classical theory will focus on the first part, while those teaching contemporary theory will pick up the latter. Each audience will find much to appreciate here, as the book whets the appetite for more from these founders and more recent theorists.


— Teaching Sociology


This volume helps resurrect theorists that did not make the grade in the recorded history of the discipline. . . . Sociologists today will find something new and interesting in the ideas of these unacknowledged theorists. They are still teaching us today. The fact that their ideas are applicable to modern day issues, as reflected in this text, shows their continued relevance. . . It is a very valuable contribution to sociological theory.


— Symbolic Interaction


Readers of this book are in for a treat. The authors, distinguished scholars themselves, open windows into the work of figures whose scholarship, overlooked or long neglected, offers surprisingly fresh insight into society today as well as in the past. Some of the scholars profiled here were once famous (Luther Bernard, Pitirim Sorokin, Marianne Weber). Others, like Annie Marion Maclean and Radhakamal Mukerjee, were no less accomplished. All deserve our attention today. Pressures to specialize, and the tides of fashion, can inhibit the wide reading and historical memory modeled by this book. A few hours in the company of the authors presented here will be a welcome reminder of the benefits of such an effort.
— David N. Smith, University of Kansas


Forgotten Founders and Other Neglected Social Theorists

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Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
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  • This edited volume highlights the work of ten forgotten and neglected social theorists in the hope of reinvigorating interest in their work and their potential contributions to the analysis of contemporary social issues. Each chapter includes a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected theorist’s work and significance, and the relevance of their work to one or more contemporary social issues. While other similar texts tend to focus primarily on intellectual biography, our emphasis here is on the scholar’s theories and their application to contemporary social issues. We provide a contextualization of each scholar’s work, using present-day social issues or problems. Many of these individuals played a significant role in the development of sociology. Our hope is to provide a resource that will help re-integrate these marginalized social theorists, rescuing them from obscurity and elevating their status.
Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 250 • Trim: 6¼ x 9
    978-1-4985-7371-9 • Hardback • May 2019 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
    978-1-4985-7373-3 • Paperback • December 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
    978-1-4985-7372-6 • eBook • May 2019 • $42.50 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory, History / Social History
Author
Author
  • Christopher T. Conner is visiting assistant professor of sociology at Knox College.



    Nicholas M. Baxter is acting assistant professor of sociology at Indiana University Kokomo.



    David R. Dickens is professor of sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Introduction

    Christopher T. Conner, Nicholas M. Baxter, and David R. Dickens



    Part 1: Forgotten Founders



    1 John Stuart-Glennie’s Lost Legacy

    Eugene Halton



    2 Annie Marion Maclean and Sociology at the University of Chicago and Hull House

    Mary Jo Deegan



    3 Marianne Weber and the March for Our Lives Movement

    Stacy L. Smith



    4 Luther Bernard

    Alan Sica and Christine Bucior



    5 Radhakamal Mukerjee: A Regional, Social Ecological Outlook

    Diane M. Rodgers



    Part 2: Other Neglected Social Theorists



    6 Pitirim A. Sorokin: Integral Science, Global Culture, and Love

    Lawrence T. Nichols



    7 Gregory P. Stone’s Contributions to Urban Sociology, Social Psychology, and the Sociology of Sport

    Harvey A. Farberman



    8 Carl J. Couch

    Michael A. Katovich and Shing-Ling S. Chen



    9 Jack Douglas: The Reinvention of Society and Sociology: Creative Deviance, the

    Construction of Meaning, and Social Order

    Thaddeus Müller



    10 Ben Agger: Social Theory as Public Sociology

    Lukas Szrot
Reviews
Reviews
  • Editors Christopher T. Conner, Nicholas M. Baxter, and David R. Dickens have done us a great service by publishing this volume on important theorists that, as its title suggests, have been largely left unread and underappreciated. I hope the book is picked up by advanced undergraduates planning for graduate school, current graduate students focusing on social theory, and faculty looking to add to or modify existing theory courses. Instructors can assign the full text or add value to their courses by selecting some chapters while recommending the rest. Perhaps teachers looking to move beyond Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Du Bois in classical theory will focus on the first part, while those teaching contemporary theory will pick up the latter. Each audience will find much to appreciate here, as the book whets the appetite for more from these founders and more recent theorists.


    — Teaching Sociology


    This volume helps resurrect theorists that did not make the grade in the recorded history of the discipline. . . . Sociologists today will find something new and interesting in the ideas of these unacknowledged theorists. They are still teaching us today. The fact that their ideas are applicable to modern day issues, as reflected in this text, shows their continued relevance. . . It is a very valuable contribution to sociological theory.


    — Symbolic Interaction


    Readers of this book are in for a treat. The authors, distinguished scholars themselves, open windows into the work of figures whose scholarship, overlooked or long neglected, offers surprisingly fresh insight into society today as well as in the past. Some of the scholars profiled here were once famous (Luther Bernard, Pitirim Sorokin, Marianne Weber). Others, like Annie Marion Maclean and Radhakamal Mukerjee, were no less accomplished. All deserve our attention today. Pressures to specialize, and the tides of fashion, can inhibit the wide reading and historical memory modeled by this book. A few hours in the company of the authors presented here will be a welcome reminder of the benefits of such an effort.
    — David N. Smith, University of Kansas


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