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SOC 212
Sociology and Social Theory
SOC 212 SP
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 25 | 0 | Times: .T.T... 2:40PM-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 05:00:40 EST 1998
)
Photo Caption and Credits
This course will critically examine the writings of the
major social theorists whose views have influenced modern
society, including sociological thought. Beginning with the
classic writings of Marx, Freud, 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
Selected writings
Seyla Behabib and Drucilla Cornell, eds., FEMINISM AS
CRITIQUE (University of Minnesota Press, 1988)
Emile Durkheim, Selected Writings, Anthony Giddens, ed.
(Cambridge University Press, 1972)
Karl Marx, Selected Writings, David McLellan, ed. (Oxford
University Press, 1987)
Max Weber, FROM MAX WEBER, ESSAYS IN SOCIOLOGY, H.H. Gerth
and C. Wright Mills, eds., (Oxford University Press, 1958)
David Hervey, THE CONDITION OF POSTMODERNITY (Blackwell,
1990).
Daniel Bell, THE COMING OF POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY (Vintage
Books, 1976).
Stephen Steinberg, TURNING BACK: THE RETREAT FROM RACIAL
JUSTICE IN AMERICAN THOUGHT AND POLICY (Beacon Press, 1995)
Jean-Francois Lystard, THE POSTMODERN CONDITION: A REPORT ON
KNOWLEDGE (University of Minnesota Press, 1984)
Immanuel Wallerstein, THE CAPITALIST WORLD-ECONOMY
(Cambridge University Press, 1980)
William Julius Wilson, WHEN WORK DISAPPEARS (NY: Alfred A.
Knopf, 1996)
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three take-home essays (8-10
pages each).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Students must have
had SOC 151 to enroll in this course. Also, this course is
a Permission of Instructor 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 Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS SOC
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Lemert, C
- Times: .T.T... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 2, So: 0, Fr: 0
- Major Preference Given
- Permission of Instructor Required.
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
About the Photo:
Simone de Beauvoir
Reference:
De Beauvoir, Simone. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR ET LE
COURS DU MONDE, Paris: Editions Klincksieck, 1978
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