• Cosmopolitan Nuances in Classical Sociology: Reshaping Conceptual Frameworks - This article examines classical sociology to argue that classical sociological theory has a cosmopolitan vision. The author additionally argues that classical sociological theory can be adapted for modern society, making the case that classical sociology should not be rejected.

1. What is methodological nationalism? 
2. What were Durkheim's thoughts on a 'global culture' ?
3. How does the liberal cosmopolitanism of Marx and Tönnies correlate to modern sociological thought?

• Intimations of Methodological Nationalism in Classical Sociology? - This article outlines how classical sociology theory addresses issues which go beyond the nation-state to argue that classical sociological theory remains relevant to contemporary sociology.

1. According to Pendenza why does contemporary sociology not seem  to be over-concerned about its classical origins? 
2. How did globalization shape understandings of the social world? 
3. Why does Turner believe that existing classical sociology can address global phenomena?

• Neo-classical Sociology: The Prospects of Social Theory Today - This article proposes that sociology should return to classical social theory and argues for a new theoretical synthesis to overcome the fragmentation within the social sciences. 

1. Why does sociology risk becoming irrelevant? 
2. According to the authors how is sociology internally fragmented? 
3. How may returning to classical theory help to re-shape the discipline of sociology?