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Note: Please Complete Readings Before Class; Topics & Assignments May Shift; Changes Will Be Announced Week Theorists & Possible Topics August 28, 30 September 4, 6 Introduction to Theory & Historical Context Origins of 19th century social theory Social change in 18th and 19th century Europe. French Revolution. Industrial Revolution. August Comte and Development of French Positivism Karl Marx I: Historical Materialism Capital, Capitalism, Means of Production The Division of Labor Alienation, Human Nature and Class Conflict Read, Think & Explore Analyze, Write & Create Ian Craib, Introduction: What’s Wrong with Theory and Why We Still Need It, pp. 3-14. (R) Collins and Makowsky, Introduction: Society and Illusion, pp. 1-15. (R) Coser, August Comte pp. 3-42. Alan Swingewood, Short History of Sociological Thought 3 rd ed, Further Reading (list of sources for theorists and theoretical schools). (R) Recommended: Schneider, The Theory Primer, “Theories and Theorizing.” Kenneth Morrison, Marx, Weber, Durkheim: Formations of Modern Social Thought, Introduction, i.e. “Origins,” “Definition” and “Central Subject Matter.” Collins and Makowsky, Ch. 1, The Prophets of Paris: Saint Simon and Comte, pp. 19-29. (R) Timosheff, Sociological Theory: It’s Nature and Growth, selections. (R) Jonathan Turner, Emergence of Sociological Theory, “Comte.” (R) Ian Craib, Ch. 3: Parsons: Theory as Filing System. (R) Coser, pp. 43-88. Karl Marx, Theses on Feurbach. (R). Karl Marx, first part of The German Ideology. Marx-Engels Reader, Tucker, Pp. 147-200. (R) Book Report (option 1): Das Kapital. Book Report (option 2): Grundrisse. Book Report (option 3): Selections from Marx-Engels Reader, Tucker. Recommended: Schneider, The Theory Primer, “Karl Marx and Capitalism,” “Historical Materialism and Its Legacy.” Giddens, Part 1: Marx, pp. 1-64. Kenneth Morrison, Marx, Weber, Durkheim: Formations of Modern Social Thought, Section on Karl Marx. Collins and Makowsky, Ch. 2: Sociology in the Underground: Karl Marx, pp. 30-47 (omit last section on Engels) (R) None. Analytic Papers Set 1. Visit Theorists’ Corner in Davidson Library. Page 12
September 11, 13 September 18, 20 Karl Marx II: Ideology The Origin of the State Commodification Emile Durkheim I: Philosopher Becomes Sociologist Concern for Morality and Social Solidarity Defining Sociology Methodological Rules, and Social Facts Social Order amidst Social Change Isaiah Berlin. Karl Marx, 4 th Ed. Oxford. “Historical Materialism” Chapter 6. (R). Irving M. Zeitlin. Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory, 7 th Ed., pp. 139-170. (R). Book Report (option 1): Das Kapital. (if not chosen last week) Book Report (option 2): Grundrisse. (if not chosen last week) Book Report (option 3): Selections from Marx-Engels Reader, Tucker. Recommended: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party, Section l: Bourgeois and Proletarians (1848)" (http://csf.colorado.edu/mirrors/marxists.org/archive/marx/works/18 40/com-man/ch01.htm) Recommended: Marx-Engels Internet Archive (http://csf.colorado.edu/mirrors/marxists.org/archive/marx/index.htm ) Marx, "Preface to a Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859)" (http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/~wood/marxpolec.htm) Tucker, Marx/Engels Reader: “Speech at the Graveside of Karl Marx (pp. 681-2) “Speech at the Anniversary of the People’s Paper” (pp. 577-78) “Working Class Manchester” (pp. 579-85) “Estranged Labour” (pp. 70-81). “The German Ideology” (pp. 146-200). “Wage Labour and Capital” (pp. 203-17). “Socialism: Utopian and Scientific” (pp. 700-717 only). Ian Craib, Ch. 4: Rational Choice Theory. (R) Coser, pp. 129-176. Student Course Reserve Selection Book Report (option 1): The Division of Labor in Society. Book Report (option 2): Rules of the Sociological Method. Recommended: Giddens, Part 2: Durkheim, pp. 65-118. Kenneth Morrison, Marx, Weber, Durkheim: Formations of Modern Social Thought, Section on Emile Durkheim. Collins and Makowsky, Ch. 6: Dreyfus's Empire: Emile Durkheim and Georges Sorel (R) Emile Durkheim, "What Is A Social Fact?" from Rules of the Sociological Method (http://raven.jmu.edu/~ridenelr/DSS/Durkheim/SOCFACT.HTML) Emile Durkheim, The Rules of Sociological Method (New York: Free Press, 1938), pp. xxxvii-lx, 1-75 (Introduction, What is a Social Fact? Rules for Observation of Social Facts). Emile Durkheim, "The Dualism of Human Nature," in Essays on Sociology and Philosophy, ed. Kurt H. Wolff (New York: Harper & Row, 1960), pp. 325-340. Analytic Papers Set 1. Analytic Papers Set 1. Page 13
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