Spring 2019  |  SOC 8790 Section 001: Advanced Topics in Sociological Theory -- Contemporary Social Theory (66102)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019
Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
Enrollment Status:
Open (10 of 15 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Sample topics: theories of conflict, theories of purposive action, Marxist theory, and structure-agency debate.
Class Notes:
8 seats reserved for Soc graduate students. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mgoldman+SOC8790+Spring2019
Class Description:
In this graduate seminar, we will read 21st century social theorists and their re-interpretations of well-known 20th century ones (e.g., Du Bois, Fanon, Gramsci, Foucault, Lefebvre), rethinking concepts and categories such as nation/state, race, class, gender, capital, liberal subjectivity, labor, and spatiality, based on new research in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and in minority communities in the U.S. The goal is to appreciate intellectual knowledge production as generated across national boundaries and in underrepresented domains, rather than in isolation, understanding how so-called universal concepts can be challenged and transformed, which can allow for the posing of new questions, theorizations, perspectives, and projects.
Who Should Take This Class?:
graduate students
Class Format:
Discussion based seminar with a short background presentation by the professor
Workload:
Each week we will read approximately 200 pages of text, students will submit weekly discussion notes (1-2 pages) which will be shared by all; each week, different students will initiate the discussion by presenting the readings; and the course will end with a final paper.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66102/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
17 October 2018

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