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Root number
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103022 |
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Semester
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FS2017 |
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Type of course
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Lecture |
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Allocation to subject
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Sociology |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
Sociological Theories II: Modern Theories |
| Description |
This course provides an introduction to the development of sociological theories after World War II. This juncture is important because the center of sociological innovation shifts at this point from Europe to America. The central work for this shift is that of Talcott Parsons, which both builds and tears apart the bridge of modern theory to the sociological classics. Parsons` program of a highly abstract synthesis of action and structure theory, and of a theory that explains both order and change, was influential more negatively than positively. Accordingly, one can interpret post-Parsonian approaches like conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, phenomenology or exchange (and rational choice) theory as one-sided criticisms of Parsons` “grand theory”. This debate has in the meantime exhausted itself, and is covered in this course only selectively. In the past 3 decades the center of theoretical innovation has moved back from America to Europe. Examples for the return of European social theory are Luhmann`s “autopoietic” systems theory, Habermas` critical theory of communicative action, Bourdieu`s practice theory, and Foucault`s theory of power—which are all covered more or less extensively in this class.
Prerequisites: none
Inscription: from January 15, 2017, onwards via ILIAS |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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No registration/deregistration in CTS (Admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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Link to another web site
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| Lecturers |
Prof. Dr.
Christian Georg Joppke, Department of Social Sciences ✉
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PD Dr.
Achim Edelmann, Institute of Sociology ✉
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ECTS
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3 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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Yes |
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Grading
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1 to 6 |
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| Dates |
Thursday 12:00-14:00 Weekly
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Monday 31/7/2017 23:50-23:55
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| Rooms |
Hörraum B 101, Institutsgebäude vonRoll
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