Second Class Meeting: Toward Classical Sociological Theory
You have a series of handouts that I have produced over the
years. The first page is a classification (ordered chronologically
within category) of philosophers who are not sociologists (or,
more accurately, who have not been retrofitted as sociologists.
in a Church-of-Latter-Day-Saints-like redemption of the
ancestors), sociologists whom we don't read, and the big three.
The next two pages are pieces of my SOC 402 handouts and
lecture outlines (also available on my website) that might be
useful in helping us to solve the analysis of variance problem
implicit in the first page: When does sociology start, and why
don't we read these other guys? Stated as an ANOVA problem:
Is there more variance within groups than between groups? If
so, what do Marx, Durkheim, and Weber have in common that
distinguishes (or justifies or rationalizes)this grouping?
Next, you have some book reports, which, purportedly, are
examples of descriptive writing (although some drift far from an
objective presentation of the "facts"). In another folder I have
book reports by former 600 students (covering other writers
from this section). Eventually, I'll post all of this on my website.
In any case, these may be useful as a model and as a Cliffs-
Notes alternative to actually reading the recommended readings.
Finally, there are questions to consider, which we will
consider as soon as we solve our ANOVA problem and figure
out what classical sociological theory is.
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