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CSS 271

Modern Social Theory CSS 271 FA

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times
1	35	4	Times: M...... 1:10PM-4:00PM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:01:03 EST 1998 )

Photo Caption and Credits

This course examines a number of competing conceptual frameworks in the social sciences derived from major political philosophers and social theorists, such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Freud.

MAJOR READINGS

Hobbes, LEVIATHAN
Kant, POLITICAL WRITINGS
Locke, TREATISE OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT
Bentham, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALS AND
LEGISLATION
Rousseau, DISCOURSE ON INEQUALITY
Rousseau, THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
Marx, ECONOMIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL MANUSCRIPTS, and selections
from other major writings
Nietzsche, THE GENEALOGY OF MORALS
Durkheim, DIVISION OF LABOR IN SOCIETY
Weber, PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM
Weber, FROM MAX WEBER, selections
Freud, CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Short (2-3 pages) weekly paper

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This course is only open to CSS sophomores.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Moon, J; Times: M...... 1:10PM- 4:00PM;; Grading Mode: Cr/U; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 1, Fr: 0; Major Preference Given; Permission of Instructor Required.

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

About the Photo:

Sigmund Freud

Reference:

Jaffe, Aniela. CG JUNG: WORD AND IMAGE, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979

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