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Academic Year 2000/2001
Sociology and Social Theory
SOC 212 FA
This course will critically examine the writings of the major social theorists whose views have influenced modern sociological thought. Beginning with the classic writings of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, the course will
then consider subsequent,
including contemporary, theories of class, race, gender, the capitalist world-system and post-modernity.
MAJOR READINGS
Michel Foucault, POWER/KNOWLEDGE
Amy Gutmann, ed., MULTICULTURALISM
Roger Waldinger, STILL THE PROMISED CITY?
Daniel Bell, THE COMING OF POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Manuel Castells, THE RISE OF THE NETWORK
SOCIETY
Anthony Giddens, ed., EMILE
DURKHEIM: SELECTED WRITINGS
David McLellan, ed., KARL MARX: SELECTED WRITINGS
Max Weber, THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
Nancy Fraser, JUSTICE INTERRUPTUS
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Students must have had SOC151 to enroll in this course.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SOC
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
SOC151
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Dupuy,Alex
- Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: BTFDA414
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 27)
- SR. major: Jr. major:
- SR. non-major: X Jr. non-major: X SO: X FR: X
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Writing, Focused Inquiry Course
- Permission: Permission of Instructor Required
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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