Max Weber viewed modern life as disenchanted, an arena from which scientific inquiry had banished magic. In contrast, Mark Schneider argues intriguingly that enchantment—the sense that we are confront
Schneider (sociology, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale) presents an elementary guide for undergraduate sociology majors or graduate students new to the field. The text is designed to familiarize stude
This book is a classical theory text aimed at teaching theorizing as a skill. After analyzing the process of theorizing into a set of simple steps, it shows how the theories of Marx, Weber, Durkheim,