Despite their role in founding and defining the discipline of sociology, the field's classical theorists typically
receive only cursory attention in standard introductory texts. Written specifically for undergraduate students,
the supplemental text, Fred Pampel's Sociological Lives and Ideas brings to life the fundamental ideas of Karl
Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, George H. Mead, and W.E.B. DuBois by placing them in the context
of each theorists' biography. By exploring the lives and times of these key figures, students will gain a richer
understanding of their intellectual legacies, as well as of ways in which their work can be applied to current
issues.
Table of Contents
1. The Sources of Human Misery: Karl Marx and the Centrality of Social Class
2. The Problem of Social Order: Emile Durkheim and Morality in Modern Societies
3. A Prophet of Doom: Max Weber and the Spread of Rationality
4. Impressions of Everyday Life: Georg Simmel and Forms of Social Interaction
5. Uniting Self and Society: George Herbert Mead and Symbolic Interaction Index
6. W.E.B DuBois: The Tragedy of Race in America (NEW CHAPTER)
