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This edited volume highlights the work of ten forgotten and neglected social theorists in the hope of reinvigorating interest in their work and their potential contributions to the analysis of contemporary social issues. Each chapter includes a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected theorist's work and significance, and the relevance of their work to one or more contemporary social issues. While other similar texts tend to focus primarily on intellectual biography, our emphasis here is on the scholar's theories and their application to contemporary social issues. We provide a contextualization of each scholar's work, using present-day social issues or problems. Many of these individuals played a significant role in the development of sociology. Our hope is to provide a resource that will help re-integrate these marginalized social theorists, rescuing them from obscurity and elevating their status.
List of contents
Introduction
Christopher T. Conner, Nicholas M. Baxter, and David R. Dickens
Part 1: Forgotten Founders
1 John Stuart-Glennie's Lost Legacy
Eugene Halton
2 Annie Marion Maclean and Sociology at the University of Chicago and Hull House
Mary Jo Deegan
3 Marianne Weber and the March for Our Lives Movement
Stacy L. Smith
4 Luther Bernard
Alan Sica and Christine Bucior
5 Radhakamal Mukerjee: A Regional, Social Ecological Outlook
Diane M. Rodgers
Part 2: Other Neglected Social Theorists
6 Pitirim A. Sorokin: Integral Science, Global Culture, and Love
Lawrence T. Nichols
7 Gregory P. Stone's Contributions to Urban Sociology, Social Psychology, and the Sociology of Sport
Harvey A. Farberman
8 Carl J. Couch
Michael A. Katovich and Shing-Ling S. Chen
9 Jack Douglas: The Reinvention of Society and Sociology: Creative Deviance, the
Construction of Meaning, and Social Order
Thaddeus Müller
10 Ben Agger: Social Theory as Public Sociology
Lukas Szrot
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Edited by Christopher T. Conner; Nicholas M. Baxter and David R. Dickens - Contributions by Christopher T. Conner; Nicholas M. Baxter; David R. Dickens; Eugene Halton; Mary Jo Deegan; Stacy L. Smith; Alan Sica; Christine Bucior; Diane M. Rodgers; Lawrence
Summary
This volume examines the work of ten sociologists who have been forgotten or neglected within contemporary sociology. Each chapter examines one of these marginalized scholars including a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected theorist's work and significance, and the relevance of their work to one or more contemporary social issues.
