Texts:

• Bryan S. Turner, editor, The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory
• Additional readings

Some notes and other materials for Sociology 319 for the Fall 1999 semester are provided on this web site. These materials are intended primarily for students in Sociology 319 at the University of Regina during the Winter semester of 2000. Others are free to use these materials, but please give appropriate credit if you do so. I apologize for any errors or misinterpretations. Remember that these are notes for classes and are not finished products.

This web page page will be updated periodically as we proceed through the semester. Please provide feedback to the class instructor Paul Gingrich concerning how to improve the presentation of the materials.

Class Syllabus

Class Notes

Conclusion and Review - April 11

Baudrillard - April 6

Postmodern Social Theory - March 30 and April 4

Structuralism - March 28

Historical Sociology - March 21

Jurgen Habermas - March 16

Herbert Marcuse - March 14

Authoritarian Personality

Critical Theory - March 7 and 9

Feminist Social Theory II - February 17

Feminist Social Theory I - February 15

Rational Choice Theory - February 8 and 10

Structuration Theory - February 3

Symbolic Interactionism - February 1

Theories of Praxis - January 27

Theories of Action and Praxis II - January 25

Theories of Action and Praxis I - January 20

Review of Classical Sociology - II - January 18

Review of Classical Sociology - January 13

Introduction - January 11

Assignments for Winter, 2000

Third Paper

Second Paper

First Paper

Links to Selections from Social Theorists

Mead on Social Attitudes and Mind

Parsons - Unit Act

Goffman - Presentation of Self

Goffman - Impression Management

Garfinkel - Common Understandings

Giddens - Dilemmas of the Self

Discussion Questions

February 3

January 27

January 20

January 11

If you have any comments or questions please contact:

Paul Gingrich, Professor
Department of Sociology and Social Studies
University of Regina, CL217
(306) 585-4196
paul.gingrich@uregina.ca

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