Course Contents

Introduction, Meaning and Types, Development of sociological theory, Functions of sociological theory, Theory and Theorizing, Contemporary Sociological Theory, Talcott Parsons, George Simmel, Robert K Merton, Ralph Daherendorf, C.W.Mill, GH Mead, CH Cooley, Modern Sociological Theory, Pierre Bourdieu, Anthony Giddens, Jurgen Habermas, Michel Foucault, George Ritzer