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Study Guide ix

1 Social Theory:

Should We Forget the Founders? 1

2 Genealogy of the Social 7

Renaissance and Enlightenment 9

Britain: Individualism and Romanticism 11

France: Revolution and Science 15

Germany: Counter-Enlightenment and Reaction 18

The Social Established 21

Social Theory Goes Global 24

3 Culture, System, and Socialisation: Formative Views 35

Culture and Collective Mentality 36

Cultural Development and Differentiation 45

Social Systems as Organisms 51

Social Systems, Forces, and Energy 58

Socialisation and Enculturation 63

4 Action, Conflict, and Nature: Formative Views 79

Action, Interaction, and the Interpersonal 81

Conflict and Collective Action 90

Nature, Environment and Bodies 99

5 Culture, System, and Socialisation: Developments 115

Culture, Social Structure, and Lifeworlds 117

General Systems, Functions, and Complexity 136

Socialisation, Self, and Mentality 143

内容介绍：

社会学（Sociology）起源于19世纪末期，是一门研究社会的学科。社会学使用各种研究方法进行实证调查和批判分析，以发展及完善一套有关人类社会结构及活动的知识体系，并会以运用这些知识去寻求或改善社会福利为目标。社会学的研究范围广泛，包括了由微观层级的社会行动（agency）或人际互动，至宏观层级的社会系统或结构，因此社会学通常跟经济学、政治学、人类学、心理学等学科并列于社会科学领域之下。

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