A mixture of biographical and historical ideas, this book looks at the intersection between the theorist as a social actor and as a reflection of his or her time.
A number of sociologists have been overshadowed, going almost virtually unnoticed by the discipline. The purpose of this work is to resurrect those sociologists by attempting to bring them into the mainstream.
Weber, Marx, Durkheim, and Simmel fashioned the early ideas and approaches of sociology; Veblen, Mead, Goffman, and Berger added crucial conceptual approaches
By exploring the lives key figures, students will gain an understanding of their intellectual legacies, as well as of the ways in which their work can be applied to current issues.
