SCLG6903 - New Debates in Social Theory

Semester 2, 2012  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Karl Maton
Phone: +61 2 9351 3902
Email: karl.maton@sydney.edu.au

Description

Students will become familiar with the central recent developments in social theory. The unit will examine reinterpretation of a selection of core issues in social theory, as well as covering innovations such as actor-network theory, theories of language and culture, sexuality and the body, consumption and social identity, globalization, nation and state, economic sociology and the intersection of work and family life, democracy and civil society, ethics and recognition, multiculturalism and postcolonialism, knowledge societies, and the dynamics of postmodern social life.

Assessments

1x2000wd workbook (40%), 1x3000wd research essay (60%)

Classes

1x2-hr seminar/week

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