GENERAL SOCIOLOGY
(objectives)
CANALE 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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60
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Group: A - L
Teacher
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ROSSI EMANUELE
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6 CFU 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 ---------------------------- 10 CFU 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 SOCIOLOGICAL 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
------------------------- 12 CFU 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 SOCIOLOGICAL 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 SIXTH PART: SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF COVID-19
(reference books)
6 CFU
First and second part: – CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10]. 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 ----------------------------- 10 CFU
First and second part: – CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10]. 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 Fifth part – SIMMEL G., (2017), IL DOMINIO, (edited by CARLO MONGARDINI), ROMA, BULZONI ----------------------------- 12 CFU
First and second part: – CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10]. 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 Fifth part – SIMMEL G., (2017), IL DOMINIO, (edited by CARLO MONGARDINI), ROMA, BULZONI SIXTH PART - MARCHETTI M.C., ROMEO A., (EDITED BY), NOI RESTIAMO A CASA. IL MONDO VISTO DA FUORI AI TEMPI DEL COVID-19, MIMESIS EDITORE, 2020.
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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: M - Z
Teacher
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ANTONELLI FRANCESCO
(syllabus)
Textbooks for 6 CFU:
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 - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.
PART THREE (A thematic programme chosen by the student): Either: PROGRAMME ONE: WORKING CLASSES AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF WORK IN ITALY Working classes in global society - Working Class and labour market transformations - Domestic workers in Italy. Or: PROGRAMME TWO: EXTREMISM AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.
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Textbooks for 10 CFU:
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 - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.
PART THREE: SECOND MODERNITY, RISCK AND CLIMATE CHANGE The sociology of risk in Ulrick Beck's thought - Individualisation and inequalities - Science and Politics - The climate change within the global risk society: Bruno Latour's contribution - Science, politics and society facing the ecological crisis - History and critics on the idea of the Nature - Root causes of the ecological denial: post-apocalyptic perspectives and political gnosticism - Rethinking democracy and representativeness.
PART THREE (A thematic programme chosen by the student): Either: PROGRAMME ONE: WORKING CLASSES AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF WORK IN ITALY Working classes in global society - Working Class and labour market transformations - Domestic workers in Italy. Or: PROGRAMME TWO: EXTREMISM AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.
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Textbooks for 12 CFU:
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 - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.
PART THREE: SECOND MODERNITY, RISCK AND CLIMATE CHANGE The sociology of risk in Ulrick Beck's thought - Individualisation and inequalities - Science and Politics - The climate change within the global risk society: Bruno Latour's contribution - Science, politics and society facing the ecological crisis - History and critics on the idea of the Nature - Root causes of the ecological denial: post-apocalyptic perspectives and political gnosticism - Rethinking democracy and representativeness.
PART FOUR: THE WORLD-SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION PROCESSES What is a world-system - Development, power relationships and world-systems - Conflicts - What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.
(reference books)
Textbooks for 6 CFU:
A) PART ONE AND TWO If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session: – CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11]. If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions: – CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].
B) PART THREE - A book between the follwing: Either: 1) ANTONELLI F., MUSOLINO S., ROSSI E., LUNGO CAMMINO VERSO LA DIGNITA'. UN'INCHIESTA SOCIALE SULLE LAVORATRICI E I LAVORATORI DOMESTICI IN ITALIA, VITA E PENSIERO, MILANO (in press). Or: 2) ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.
--- Textbooks for 10 CFU:
A) PART ONE AND TWO If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session: – CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11]. If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions: – CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].
B) PART THREE - BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA. - LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE [NO CHAPTERS 5,6,7,8].
C) PART FOUR: - A book between the follwing: Either: 1) ANTONELLI F., MUSOLINO S., ROSSI E., LUNGO CAMMINO VERSO LA DIGNITA'. UN'INCHIESTA SOCIALE SULLE LAVORATRICI E I LAVORATORI DOMESTICI IN ITALIA, VITA E PENSIERO, MILANO (in press). Or: 2) ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.
--- Textbooks for 12 CFU:
A) PART ONE AND TWO If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session: – CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11]. If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions: – CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].
B) PART THREE - BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA. - LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE [NO CHAPTERS 5,6,7,8].
C) PART FOUR - WALLREISTEIN I. (2013), COMPRENDERE IL MONDO. INTRODUZIONE ALL'ANALISI DEI SISTEMI-MONDO, ASTERIOS, TRIESTE. - ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
At a distance
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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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