This book is a comprehensive study of Sociological thinkers and theories right from the emergence of Sociology as a discipline in Social Sciences. It refers to the vast analysis of different traditions of Sociology, viz., the European and the American. The book provides an objective assessment of the major theories of Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons and R.K. Merton. In addition to these theoretical traditions, ...