A: Allan
F: Farganis

Required
core MaterialS+

SELECTIVE
MATERIALS

Jan 9 - Introduction

Reprise

●Introduction

●What Sociology Has to Offer

●Personal Reflections

Jan 9, 11, 18, 23 - Social Constructionism; Phenomenological Theory; Ethnomethodology;

                               Symbolic Interactionism/Dramaturgical Theory

Berger

●Berger: The Sacred Canopy (F: 275-287)

●Outline of Berger (& Luckmann): Allan

●1-Berger (& Luckmann): from The Social 
      Construction of Reality

●2-Berger: Sociology and Freedom

Schutz

●Schutz: Common-Sense and Scientific
  Interpretation of Human Action (F: 
  258- 274)

●Overview of Schutz: Natanson

●3-Multiple Realities in Medicine: Toth (re
      Schutz)

Garfinkel

●Garfinkel: Studies of the Routine
  Grounds of Everyday Activity (F: 287-
  295)

●Organizing Ordinary Life (A: 341-352)

●Outline of Garfinkel: Allan

●4-Ethnomethodology: Garfinkel

Goffman

●Performing the Self (A: 328-340)

●The Presentation of Everyday Life:
   Precis
●Outline of Goffman: Allan

●1-Two on the Aisle: Sennett (re Goffman)

●2-Phew! Oops! Oof!: Ricks (re Goffman)

●3-Overview of Symbolic Interaction
      Perspectives: Blumer and Goffman

●4-Celebrating Erving Goffman: Freidson

QUIZ #1
Due Jan 25

Jan 25, 30 - Conflict (Neo-Conflict) Theory

Coser

●The Functional Consequences of
  Conflict (A: 235-241)

The Functions of Social Conflict: Precis

●1-Conclusion to the Functions of Social
      Conflict

Dahrendorf

●Social Structure, Group Interests, and
  Conflict Groups (F: 195-203)

●Power and Dialectical Change (A:  
   251-260)

●2-Class and Class Conflict in Industrial
      Society

●3-Capitalist Society in the Light of the
      Theory of Group Conflict

Both

●The Middle East and the West: A
  Troubled History
●The Terrorist Mind

●God and 9/11:  A Priest Speaks

(video excerpt: "Face of Religion" from Faith & Doubt at Ground Zero)

●4-Postmodern Warfare: The Ignorance of 
      Our Warrior Intellectuals

Feb 1, 6 - Exchange (Rational Choice) Theory

Homans

●Elementary Forms of Social Behavior
   (A: 294-300)

●1-The Human Group and Elementary
      Social Behaviour
●2-Rational Choice and Sociology

Blau

●Social Exchanges and Power (A: 301-
  309)

●Outline of Blau: Allan

●3-Exchange and Power in Social Life

NOTE:
CLASS WILL NOT MEET FEB 6 QUIZ MOVED TO FEB 8

R. Collins

●Ritualized Exchanges (A: 319-322)

●Outline of Collins: Allan

●4-Interaction Ritual Chains

Feb 8, 13, 15 - Gender, Sex, Race: Identity Theory

West & Zimmerman

●Doing Gender (F: 410-419)

●1-Doing Gender

QUIZ #3
Due Feb 13

Smith

●Gendered Consciousness (A: 514-531)

●Women's Consciousness as a Radical 
  Critique of Sociology (F: 390-398)

●Outline of Smith: Allan

●A Journey in Her Own Words
  (YouTube)

●2-The Sociology of Dorothy Smith

●3-Knowing the World We Live In

P. Collins

●Race and Matrices of Domination (A:
   531-544)

●Black Feminist Thought (F: 398-410)

●4-Intersecting Oppressions

Feb 20, 22 - Structuration and Structuralism Theory

Giddens

●Structuration and Modernity (A: 392-
  414)

●Outline of Giddens: Allan

●1-Living in the World: Dilemmas of the Self
●2-Overview: Bourdieu

Bourdieu

●Constructivist Structuralism and
   Class (A: 415-431)

●Outline of Bourdieu: Allan  

Bourdieu:
●3-Classes and Classifications, Part 1

●4-Classes and Classifications, Part 2

Feb 27, 29 - Critical Theory/ Post-Modernism

Habermas

●Modernity and Reason (A: 363-384)

●Outline of Habermas: Allan
●Religion in the Public Sphere (F: 348-
  356)

●The Myth of the Public Sphere

●1-The Future of the Public Sphere in the
       Network Society
●2-Legitimation Crisis

Baudrillard

●The End of Everything (A: 491-509)

●Outline of Baudrillard: Allan

●3-On Postmodernity & On Simulation
●4-The Wizard (Review of "Avatar")

Mar 5, 7, 12 - Globalization, Global Society Theory

Wallerstein

●Global Capitalism (A: 436-453)

●Outline of Wallerstein: Allan

●1-The Modern World System
●2-Articles

Castells

●The Network Society (A: 453-466)

●3-Conversation with Manuel Castells
●4-Network Theories of Power (YouTube)

Beck

●The Terrorist Threat: World Risk
  Society Revisited (F: 442-449)

Stiglitz

QUIZ #7  MID-TERM #2 
FINAL ASSIGNMENTS
 ALL DUE:  MARCH 19