GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
(objectives)
CANALE A-L - The course aims to introduce students to the basic concepts of sociology and the main sociological
theories as tools for a critical analysis of social reality. A specific attention will be paid to the phenomenon of poverty,
marginalization and social exclusion in contemporary societies. - To provide students with knowledge and conceptual tools useful to analyze contemporary social change.
M-Z 1) TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND MODELS. IN PARTICULAR, THE RELATION BETWEEN SOCIETY, SOCIAL SUBJECTS, TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITALISM IS THE FOCUS OF THE COURSE.
2) TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND CONCEPTUAL TOOLS USEFUL TO ANALYZE CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL CHANGE.
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Code
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21801008 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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10
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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SPS/07
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Contact Hours
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80
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Group: AL
Teacher
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ROSSI EMANUELE
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FIRST PART: ESPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE The origins of sociology and its epistemologic status. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. The main paradigms in sociology. Quantitative and qualitative methods. SECOND PART: MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEMES Culture - Structures, social actions and power – Groups and organizations - Social stratification, social classes and global inequalities - Ethnicity and migrations - Gender and sexualities – Families and socialization process – Deviance - Social changes, globalization and social movements. THIRD PART: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIALOLOGICAL THEORIES The birth of sociology: sociology and positivism - Karl Marx – Emile Durkheim – Georg Simmel – Max Weber – The Chicago School of Sociology – George H. Mead - Italian sociology at the beginning of '900 – Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis - Critic theory – Functionalism – Alfred Schutz – Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann – Erving Goffman – Contemporary sociology FOURTH PART: POVERTY, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
FIFTH PART: THE SOCIOLOGY OF GEORG SIMMEL: DOMINATION
(reference books)
First and second part: – CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapters 10 E 12]. Third part : –JEDLOWSKI P. (2017) IL MONDO IN QUESTIONE. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO SOCIOLOGICO, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA, [with the exception of the following chapters 1, 13, 14]. Fourth part • – ROSSI E., (2012), IN DISPARTE. APPUNTI PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DEL MARGINE, ARMANDO EDITORE • – SIMMEL G., (2015), IL POVERO, (edited by EMANUELE ROSSI), MIMESIS Fifth part – SIMMEL G., (2017), IL DOMINIO, (edited by CARLO MONGARDINI), ROMA, BULZONI
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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Group: MZ
Derived from
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21801008 GENERAL SOCIOLOGY in Political science for Cooperation and Development L-36 MZ ANTONELLI FRANCESCO
(syllabus)
PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES The origin of the sociology and its epistemological status. The modern science and its scientific paradigms. Verificationism vs Falsificationism. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. Main sociological paradigms. Quantitative and qualitatives methods.
PART TWO: CONCEPTS, SUBJECTS AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Culture, institutions and cultural processes - Power, social action and social structures - Social interactions, groups and socialization - Migrations and ethnicity - Gender and sexuality (with references to the sociology of families) - Social stratification and inequlities in the globalization era - Politics and Economics - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism.
PART THREE: SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND GLOBALIZATION Zygmunt Bauman: critical sociology and engagment in the globalization era - Ulrick Beck: sociology of the risk and the new cosmopolitism - Pierre Bourdieu: structuralism costructivism and relational sociology - Alain Touraine: modernity, subject, movements.
PARTE FOUR: SCIENCE, TECHNIQUE AND POWER Science, technology, society and power: technocracy - Who are "the technocrats"? - Social Datification and technocracy - Rationality, rationalization and technocracy.
(reference books)
Attending Students:
Part one and two: – CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, NEW ITALIAN EDITION (EDS. BY) ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11]. - "CONNECT" E "SMARTBOOK", DIGITAL PLATFORM ATTACHED WITH CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, NEW ITALIAN EDITION (EDS. BY) ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO.
part three: – GHISLENI M. PRIVITERA W. (2009), SOCIOLOGIE CONTEMPORANEE, UTET, TORINO [NO CHAPTER 4].
part four: - ANTONELLI F. (2019), TECNOCRAZIA, DEMOCRAZIA E SOCIETA' DIGITALE, L'ASINO D'ORO, ROMA.
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Not Attending Students:
Part one and two: – CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, NEW ITALIAN EDITION (EDS. BY) ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11]. - COLLINS R. (2006), TEORIE SOCIOLOGICHE, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO [NO CHAPTERS 9 AND 10].
part three: – GHISLENI M. PRIVITERA W. (2009), SOCIOLOGIE CONTEMPORANEE, UTET, TORINO [NO CHAPTER 4].
part four: - ANTONELLI F. (2019), TECNOCRAZIA, DEMOCRAZIA E SOCIETA' DIGITALE, L'ASINO D'ORO, ROMA.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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