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SOCI 2111

Perspectives in Social Thought

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2024

Topics

  • – : Early Sociology and the Classical Theorizing of Society
  • – : Modernity and Social Theory
  • – : European Enlightenment and Early Social Thought
  • – Tutorial #1: Historical Roots
  • – : Karl Marx: Philosophy and Dialectics
  • – : Karl Marx: Theory of History and Social Change
  • – (free day to study)
  • – : Marx: Economics of Capitalism
  • – : Emile Durkheim: Division of Labour
  • Emile Durkheim: Methodology and Suicide
  • – : Emile Durkheim: Religion and Education
  • – Tutorial #3: Durkheimian Theory
  • – : Max Weber: Methodology
  • – : Max Weber: Capitalism and Rationalization
  • – : Max Weber: Social Classes and Legitimate Domination
  • – Tutorial #4: Weberian Theory
  • – : Classical Feminists on Gender and Society
  • – : W.E.B. DuBois on Race
  • – : Georg Simmel on Modernity
  • – : George Herbert Mead on Self and Society
  • – Tutorial #5: Critical and Interpretive Theory
  • – Review class

Readings

  • Required: John Bratton and David Denham. 2024. Capitalism and Classical Social Theory. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
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