The Nature and Types of Sociological Theory

Martindale offers a typological framework for sociological theory grounded in philosophical and intellectual history. He divides the field into major traditions—I. Positivistic Organicism, II. Conflict Theory, III. Formal Sociology, IV. Social Behaviorism, V. Functionalism—and concludes by discussing prospects for theoretical integration. Originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1960; it…