This course is recommended for students, who already took the course Introduction to Sociology. It is open to Erasmus students and strongly recommended to SHV AJ (Liberal Arts and Humanities programme) students, since it partially works with the literature for the Comprehensive Exam in Social Sciences.

The course is an introduction to the sociological theory and offers a closer analysis of the main sociological concepts (both classic and contemporary). In a form of a lecture, the course offers a comprehensive overview of the most influential theories and theoreticians. Individual lectures are devoted to particular issues in sociological theory. The course is recommended for the students, who already graduated from the course Introduction to Sociology.

• to provide students with an essential knowledge in sociological theory (classic and contemporary)
• to practice sociological thniking and imagination through discussing various paradigms and perspectives
• to encourage students to choose sociology as an acedemic discipline

Obligatory:

• . . In Ritzer, George. Sociological theory . New York: McGraw-Hill, 2014, s. -. ISBN 978-0-07-802701-7..

Type of the course: lecture. This course is recommended for students, who already took the course Introduction to Sociology. It is open to Erasmus students and strongly recommended to SHV AJ (Liberal Arts and Humanities programme) students, since it partially works with the literature for the Comprehensive Exam in Social Sciences.

INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction to sociological theory 

SOCIOLOGICAL CLASSICS

2. Emil Durkheim

3. Karl Marx

4. Max Weber

MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES

5. Symbolic interactionism 

6. Structural functionalism

7. Agency-structure integration: Anthony Giddens and Pierre Bourdieu

8.  Postmodernism and theories of  (late)modernity, feminist theory

9. Good imagination and bad writing - how to work with sociologial theory: C.S. Mills & S. Andreski

• students are expected to attend at least 70% of sessions
• active class participation
• writing exam (3 questions concerning discussed theories and their implications)

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