TEACHSOC: origins of "conflict theory"

[Rhonda F. Levine]

A colleague asked me the following and I thought someone on the list might have the answer.   I am trying to figure out the origins of "conflict theory" as an umbrella term for radical sociologists in the 1960s. Do you know the origins of the term? And when it was used and when it ceased to be used? I would suspect the immediate the origins are a backlash against big F functionalism of the Parsons kind, but that it fell into disuse by the 1970s once Marxism, feminism, etc. became viable radical theories in the discipline. Does that sound right? And is there anything you could refer me to read about it?   Thanks, Rhonda     ***************************** Rhonda F. Levine Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology and Anthropology Colgate University Hamilton, NY 13346   home: 95 Grand Boulevard             Binghamton, NY 13905 607 798-0417 e-mail: rlevine @mail.colgate.edu                        or              [EMAIL PROTECTED]   --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---