10 Most Influential Books by the ISA
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ISA (International Sociological Association), 10 Books
One of the major aims of the ISA World Congress of Sociology held in Montreal 1998, was to make a critical assessment of sociological heritage of the twentieth century. In this framework the ISA Congress Programme Committee carried on in 1997 an opinion survey in order to identify ten most influential books for sociologists. ISA members were asked to list five books published in the twentieth century which were most influential in their work as sociologists. 16% of ISA members (455 out of 2785) participated in the survey
This list was originally published in 1997 and was added to this site about 2 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 870 | Economy and Society | Max Weber | 1922 | German | German | |
| 7964 | The Sociological Imagination | C. Wright Mills | 1959 | American | English | |
| 7194 | Social Theory And Social Structure | Robert K. Merton | 1949 | American | English | |
| 911 | The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism | Max Weber | 1905 | German | German | |
| 8721 | The Social Construction Of Reality | Peter Berger, Thomas Luckmann | 1966 | German | English | |
| 10044 | Distinction | Pierre Bourdieu | 1979 | French | French | |
| 1581 | The Civilizing Process | Norbert Elias | 1939 | German | German | |
| 2796 | The Theory Of Communicative Action | Jürgen Habermas | 1981 | German | German | |
| 7747 | The Structure Of Social Action | Talcott Parsons | 1937 | American | English | |
| 3516 | The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life | Erving Goffman | 1959 | American | English |