The Discovery of Society

Preface Introduction: Society and Illusion Chapter 1. The Prophets of Paris: Saint-Simon and Comte Chapter 2. Sociology in the Underground: Karl Marx Chapter 3. The Last Gentleman: Alexis de Tocqueville Chapter 4. Nietzsche's Madness Chapter 5. Do-Gooders, Evolutionists, and Racists Chapter 6: Dreyfus's Empire: Emile Durkheim Chapter 7: Max Weber: The Disenchantment of the World Chapter 8: Sigmund Freud: Conquistador of the Irrational Chapter 9: The Discovery of the Invisible World: Simmel, Cooley, and Mead Chapter 10: The Discovery of the Ordinary World: Thomas, Park, and the Chicago School Chapter 11: The Emergence of African-American Sociology: DuBois, Frazier, Drake, and Cayton Chapter 12: The Construction of the Social System: Pareto and Parsons Chapter 13: Hitler's Shadow: Michels, Mannheim, and Mills Chapter 14: Erving Goffman and the Theatre of Social Encounters Chapter 15: Cultural Capital, Revolution, and the World-System: The Theories of Pierre Bourdieu, Theda Skocpol, and Immanuel Wallerstein Chapter 16: From the Code of the Street to the Social Structure of Right and Wrong: The Sociology of Elijah Anderson and Donald BlackBibliographical SuggestionsIndex