本課程的內容主要為古典理論大師的思想紹介（Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel），主要目的是讓學生初步理解社會學如何作為社會的發現和現代性的診斷而出現的新興學科，特別是社會學奠基者的知識探索，奠定社會學想像力的初步基礎。

The content of this course is mainly an introduction to the ideas of classical theoretical masters (Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel). The main purpose is to give students a preliminary understanding of how sociology emerged as an emerging discipline as a discovery of society and a diagnosis of modernity, especially the intellectual exploration of the founders of sociology, laying a preliminary foundation for sociological imagination.

1.1 Anthony Giddens，1971，《資本主義與當代社會理論》。簡惠美譯，遠流，1989。*（主要教科書）
1.2 George Ritzer and Douglas Goodman，2004，《社會學理論》（上、下）（第六版）。柯朝欽、鄭祖邦譯，巨流，2004。
1.3 Randall Collins and Michael Makowsky，1998，《發現社會之旅》（第六版）。李霞譯，中華書局，2006。*
1.4 Raymond Aron，1986，《近代西方社會思想家：涂爾幹、巴烈圖、韋伯》（節譯本）。齊力、蔡錦昌、黃瑞祺譯。台北：聯經。（簡體版《社會學主要思潮》。葛智強、胡秉誠、王滬寧譯，上海譯文：1988）*
1.5 Lewis A. Coser，2007，《社會思想名家》。石人譯，上海人民。*

1.1 Anthony Giddens, 1971, Capitalism and Contemporary Social Theory. Translated by Jian Huimei, Yuanliu, 1989. *(Main Textbook)
1.2 George Ritzer and Douglas Goodman, 2004, "Sociological Theory" (Part 1, Part 2) (Sixth Edition). Translated by Ke Chaoqin and Zheng Zubang, Juliu, 2004.
1.3 Randall Collins and Michael Makowsky, 1998, Journeys to Discover Society (6th ed.). Translated by Li Xia, Zhonghua Book Company, 2006. *
1.4 Raymond Aron, 1986, "Modern Western Social Thinkers: Durkheim, Barreto, and Weber" (abridged translation). Translated by Qi Li, Cai Jinchang, and Huang Ruiqi. Taipei: Lianjing. (Simplified version of "Main Trends of Thought in Sociology". Translated by Ge Zhiqiang, Hu Bingcheng and Wang Huning, Shanghai Translation: 1988)*
1.5 Lewis A. Coser, 2007, Famous Social Thinkers. Translated by Shi Ren, Shanghai People. *