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This chapter explores the ideas of the classic sociological theorists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries — Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx and Max Weber — and then examines twentieth-century developments insociological theorising. The aim is to provide a brief history of sociological thought and to introduce the reader to the core concepts of the discipline which will be encountered in the other chapters in the book.
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© 1996 Tony Bilton, Kevin Bonnett, Pip Jones, David Skinner, Michelle Stanworth, Andrew Webster
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Bilton, T., Bonnett, K., Jones, P., Skinner, D., Stanworth, M., Webster, A. (1996). Varieties of Social Theories: A Brief Introduction. In: Introductory Sociology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24712-7_4
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