Social Theory

a course in sociology

12.21.2007

                                         De Omnibus Dubitandum

Lecture
Divisions of Knowledge
Sociology of History
Adam Smith I
August Comte
Herbert Spencer
Emile Durkheim I, II
Talcott Parsons
Robert Merton
Niklas Luhmann
Adam Smith II
Ludwig Feuerbach
Marx: I, II, III, IV
Gender: I, II
Weber: I, II, III, IV
Critical Theory I, II
Symbolic Interaction I, II, III, IV

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As with any science, sociology and related fields (anthropology, psychology, economics, and political science) use theory to explain relationships between things in our world.  In this course, we explore social theory by focusing on major social thinkers from several countries, including Émile Durkheim, Jürgen Habermas, Karl Marx and Max Weber, and George Herbert Mead.  The thinking of these men and women has profoundly shaped the way social scientists look at the world around them.  We examine their work for strengths and weaknesses, judge the relevance of their theories for explaining and understanding collective existence, and consider their impact on social thought generally.  Problems this class addresses include order, change, consensus, conflict, struggle, power, justice, action, mind, and self.

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