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Sociology 401: Sociological Theory |
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Calendar:
Spring Semester, 2012 |
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Textbooks |
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Delany,
Tim. 2004. Classical Social Theory, (CLST). |
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Delany,
Tim. 2004. Contemporary Social Theory, (CPST). |
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Date |
Topic |
Readings |
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Part
1: Primers in Theory |
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01/09/12 |
Introduction
to the Course |
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01/11/12 |
Primer
in Philosophy |
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01/13/12 |
Primer
in Philosophy |
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01/16/12 |
Primer
in Science |
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01/18/12 |
Primer
in Science |
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01/20/12 |
Primer
in Theory Construction |
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01/23/12 |
Primer
in Theory Construction |
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01/25/12 |
Primer
in the Enlightenment |
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01/27/12 |
Primer
in the Enlightenment |
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01/30/12 |
Primer
in Classical Economics |
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02/01/12 |
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Part
2: Social Order |
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02/03/12 |
Auguste
Comte (Sapp) |
CLST,
Ch. 2 |
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02/06/12 |
Herbert
Spencer (Sapp) |
CLST,
Ch. 3 |
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02/08/12 |
Emile
Durkheim (Sapp) |
CLST,
Ch. 5 |
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02/10/12 |
Review
(Sapp) |
CLST,
Ch. 12 |
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02/13/12 |
Talcott
Parsons (Sapp) |
CLST,
Ch. 12 |
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02/15/12 |
Functionalism
(Sapp) |
CPST,
Ch. 3 |
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02/17/12 |
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Part 3: Conflict
and Critique |
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02/20/12 |
Georg
Simmel (Group 1) |
CLST,
Ch. 6 |
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02/22/12 |
Karl
Marx (Group 2) |
CLST,
Ch. 4 |
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02/24/12 |
Review
(Group 2, Sapp) |
CPST,
Ch. 4 |
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02/27/12 |
Conflict
Theory 1 (Group 3) |
CPST,
Ch. 10: Coser, Mills |
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02/29/12 |
Conflict
Theory 2 (Group 4) |
CPST,
Ch. 10: Dahrendorf, Collins |
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03/02/12 |
Critical
Theory (Group 5) |
CPST,
Ch. 10 |
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03/05/12 |
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Part 4: Human
Agency |
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03/07/12 |
Max
Weber (Group 6) |
CLST,
Ch. 7 |
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03/09/12 |
Review
(Group 6, Sapp) |
CLST,
Ch. 7; Critical Position
Paper #1 Due |
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03/19/12 |
Charles
Cooley (Group 7) |
CLST,
Ch. 8 |
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03/21/12 |
George
Herbert Mead (Group 8) |
CLST,
Ch. 9 |
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03/23/12 |
Thornstein
Veblen (Group 9) |
CLST,
Ch. 10 |
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03/26/12 |
Karl
Mannheim (Group 10) |
CLST,
Ch. 11 |
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03/28/12 |
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Part 5: Social
Exchange |
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03/30/12 |
George
Homans (Group 11) |
CLST,
Ch. 13 |
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04/02/12 |
Review
(Group 11, Sapp) |
CLST,
Ch. 13 |
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04/04/12 |
Symbolic
Interactionism (Group 12) |
CPST,
Ch. 5 |
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04/06/12 |
Social
Exchange (Group 13) |
CPST,
Ch. 6 |
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04/09/12 |
Ethnomethodology
(Group 14) |
CPST,
Ch. 7 |
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04/11/12 |
Phenomenology
(Group 15) |
CPST,
Ch. 8 |
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04/13/12 |
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Part 6:
Contemporary Theory |
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04/16/12 |
Sociobiology
(Group 16) |
CPST,
Ch. 2 |
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04/18/12 |
Post-Modernism
(Group 17) |
CPST,
Ch. 11; Critical Position
Paper #2 Due |
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04/20/12 |
Women
Theorists (Group 18) |
CLST,
Ch. 14 |
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04/23/12 |
Feminist
Theory 1 (Group 19) |
CPST,
Ch. 9 |
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04/25/12 |
Feminist
Theory 2 (Group 20) |
CPST,
Ch. 9 |
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04/27/12 |
Review |
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05/03/12 |
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