What does Ritzer mean by classical theory? What three countries produced most of the classical theorists? Give reasons why Ritzer discusses the works of classical theorists? What criteria must be met before a classical theory is considered as important? Why have many classical women theorists' ideas not stood up to the test of time? Describe the social forces that influenced the emergence of sociological theorizing. Describe how the Enlightenment influenced the emergence of sociology. Which theoretician was positively influenced by the Enlightenment? Outline ten ways in which the reaction to Enlightenment thinking framed the science of sociology. What is positivisim? What was the radical side of Saint-Simon? Who was the first to use the term "sociology?" Why did Comte not urge revolutionary change? Describe the law of the three stages. Why did Comte believe that sociology is the queen of the sciences? What activist role did he see for himself and sociology? When are where did Durkheim live? How did Durkheim view social disorders? What are social facts? What is the social bond that holds people together in modern societies for Durkheim? Define totemism. Outline the three stages of French sociology. Who strongly influenced Karl Marx? Describe what idealism and the dialectic means. How did Marx separate himself from Hegel and Feuerbach? Why is the theory of surplus value central to Marx? Why did the majority of other sociologists not accept Marx? Why did Marx find so wrong with capitalism? How would socialism end alienation? How did Weber differ from Marx? On what dimensions does Weber discuss social stratification? In essence, what was the focus of Weber? Why did formal bureaucracies only develop in countries with a formal rational legal system? Why was Weber more widely accepted than Marx? Why did Simmel influence symbolic interactionism? How does culture come to dominate the individual according to Simmel? What are political economy and ameliorism? Would the early British sociologists agree with the rehabilitation programs of our current welfare reform? What is social Darwinism? According to Spencer, why do societies become more differentiated? Did Pareto have fascist tendencies? What contributions did the Hegelian Marxists make? Will the collapse of socialist countries finally bury Marx?