Hi Rhonda, I am sending three great references about conflict theory which you and your friend might find useful:
John Horton, "Order and Conflict Theories of Social Problems as Competing Ideologies." American Journal of Sociology 71: 701-713, 1966. John outlines the main differences between functionalism and conflict theory which, in this article and at the time it was written, is a code word for Marxism. Robert Wood, "Conflict Theory as Pedagogy. A Critique from the Left," Teaching Sociology Vol 10, No. 4, July 1983: 463-485. A nice critique of the ways conflict coopts or "domesticates" Marxism subsubming it under its ahistorical framework. Donald McQuarle and Martin Murray, "Conflict Theory: An Obituary." Current Perspectives in Social Theory, Vol. 5, 1984: 201-223. After that title, nothing much can be said ;) Best, Martha On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Rhonda F. Levine wrote: > A colleague asked me the following and I thought someone on the list might > have the answer. > > > > I am trying to figure out the origins of "conflict theory" as an umbrella > term for radical sociologists in the 1960s. Do you know the origins of the > term? And when it was used and when it ceased to be used? I would suspect > the immediate the origins are a backlash against big F functionalism of the > Parsons kind, but that it fell into disuse by the 1970s once Marxism, > feminism, etc. became viable radical theories in the discipline. Does that > sound right? And is there anything you could refer me to read about it? > > > > Thanks, > > Rhonda > > > > > > ***************************** > > Rhonda F. Levine > > Professor of Sociology > > Department of Sociology and Anthropology > > Colgate University > > Hamilton, NY 13346 > > > > home: 95 Grand Boulevard > > Binghamton, NY 13905 > > 607 798-0417 > > e-mail: rlevine @mail.colgate.edu > > or > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
