Description
This course is an introduction to social theory - ideas and sets of ideas, about "how the world works". It provides an overview of social theory from its infancy in the early works of Karl Marx, Emil Durkheim, and Max Weber to its more recent expression in the diverse contributions of thinkers like Michel Foucault, Cornell West, and Edward Said. All of those thinkers and those who have come after them, addressed themes that have become central to the social sciences: power, conflict, war, social class, social change, agency, structure, inequality, racism, gender relations, culture, religion, and many others.
Prerequisites: Engl 113, SOSC 103 and Junior status
3 credits