Randall Collins

Author of The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change

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About the Author

Randall Collins is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change (1998), Interaction Ritual Chains (2004), and Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory (2008). He is a former president of the show more American Sociological Association. show less

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Works by Randall Collins

The Discovery of Society (1972) 137 copies

Four Sociological Traditions (1994) 124 copies

Interaction Ritual Chains (2004) 94 copies

The Case of the Philosophers' Ring by Dr. John H. Watson (1978) 83 copies

Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory (2008) 76 copies

Sociological Insight: An Introduction to Non-Obvious Sociology (1992) 73 copies

Does Capitalism Have a Future? (2013) 70 copies

Three Sociological Traditions (1985) 30 copies

The Credential Society: An Historical Sociology of Education and Stratification (1979) 27 copies

Weberian Sociological Theory (Cambridge Paperback Library) (1986) 23 copies

Conflict Sociology: Toward an Explanatory Science (1975) 22 copies

Sociology of Marriage and the Family: Gender, Love, and Property (1602) — Author — 21 copies

Max Weber: A Skeleton Key (The Masters of Sociological Theory) (1986) 21 copies

Theoretical Sociology (1988) 20 copies

Macrohistory: Essays in Sociology of the Long Run (1999) 19 copies

Conflict Sociology: A Sociological Classic Updated (Studies in Comparative Social Science) (2009) 9 copies

Sociology Since Mid-Century: Essay in Theory Cumulation (1981) 6 copies

Civil War Two, Part 1: America Elects a President Determined to Restore Religion to Public Life, and the Nation Splits… (2018) 6 copies

Dünya Felsefe Tarihinin Olusumu; Filozoflar Birbirlerini Nasil Etkiledi (2021) 5 copies

Charisma: Micro-sociology of Power and Influence (2020) 4 copies

Napoleon Never Slept: How Great Leaders Leverage Social Energy: Microtechniques of success from Jesus to Steve Jobs (2016) 4 copies

Sociologia de las filosofias (Una teoria global del cambio intelectual) (2005) 2 copies

Explosive Conflict (2022) 2 copies

Sociologia 1 copy

Het verschijnsel maatschappij maatschappijbeelden in het denken sinds de achttiende eeuw (1978) 1 copy

Civil War Two: Part 2 1 copy

Napoleon Never Slept: How Great Leaders Leverage Emotional Energy 1 copy

Sociological Theory 1984 (Jossey-Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series) (1984) 1 copy

Cadenas De Rituales De Interaccion (2009) 1 copy

Sociology: Prosciene or Anticience? — Author — 1 copy

Max Weber 1 copy

Civil War Two, Part 2: America Elects a President Determined to Restore Religion to Public Life, and the Nation Splits… (2018) 1 copy

PERSPECTIVA SOCIOLOGICA (Spanish Edition) (2009) 1 copy

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The Sociology of Philosophical Knowledge (THE NEW SYNTHESE HISTORICAL LIBRARY formerly: The Synthese Historical Library… (2000) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Birthdate: 1941-07-29
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Education: University of California, San Diego (PhD)
Occupations: sociologist
university professor
Organizations: University of Pennsylvania

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Does Capitalism Have a Future? by Immanuel Wallerstein

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Paul_S | Dec 23, 2020 |

The Case of the Philosophers' Ring by Randall Collins

Holmes and Watson, late in Holmes' career (just before His Last Bow) are called into help a galaxy of Cambridge intellectuals deal with the threat of Aleister Crowey.

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antiquary | 2 other reviews | Oct 21, 2016 |

The sociology of marriage and the family: gender,… by Randall Collins

The book makes one major, strong point, repeatedly discussed....Marriage is about power primarily.

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carterchristian1 | Feb 15, 2014 |

The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of… by Randall Collins

The sociological points in this book are quite simple and not very theoretical, so I would categorize this book primarily as history of philosophy rather than sociology of philosophy. But the great merit of this book is that it presents very erudite overviews of the grand patterns in western, indian and chinese philosophical traditions through the ages. Particularly the graphs showing which schools/thinkers influenced later ones are in my opinion very useful. Read this book first, then all the primary sources, then this book again and you're set.… (more)