Among these general approaches (of modern sociology) are a) Functionalism, b) Marxism and Conflict Theory and c) Symbolic Interactionism.
Functionalism has an important place in modern sociology and was initially influenced by Durkheim’s works in sociology in the 19th century. Functionalism deals with society as a system consisting of
C.K. Chesterton,
Jules Verne, Don Delillo, Michel Foucault,
George Simenon, Milan Kundera, Jean
Baudrillard, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Susan
Sontag, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Chuck
Palahniuk, Dylan Thomas...