Course10910618060 lectures
Classical Sociological Theory
Prof. R. Santhosh · IIT Madras
About
This course introduces students to the formative period of sociology and the socio-cultural as well as the intellectual factors behind the emergence of the discipline. It provides a comprehensive understanding and an in-depth analysis of the stalwarts of classical sociological theory such as Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and G H Mead. It explains how the theoretical concerns of these scholars laid the foundation for the subsequent development of sociology as a distinct social science discipline with precise theoretical as well as methodological foundations. Thus, the course enables students to develop a sociological perspective and theoretical insights through a systematic analysis of the key theorists of the discipline.
INTENDED AUDIENCE : Undergraduate as well as postgraduate students of sociology, aspirants of competitive examinations and general public who are interested in the discipline of sociology.
Lectures
Week 1
- Sociology an Overview
- Sociological perspective
- C Wrigh Mill's Socioloigcal Imagination
- Thinking Sociologically: Zygmunt Bauman
- Emergence of Sociology: The, socio-political, economic and intellectual context
Week 2
- Enlightenment
- Emegernce of nation-state and French Revolution
- Industrial revolution and the rise of capitalism
- Discussion with Dr. Roland Part - 1
- Discussion with Dr. Roland Part - 2
Week 3
- Clasical Thinkers of Sociology
- Auguste Comte
- Herbert Spencer
- Marx Durkheim and Weber
- Factory scene from Modern Times
Week 4
- Karl Marx Life
- Intellectual Influence
- Historical Materialism
- Marxian theory of social Change
- Theory of Capitalism-1
Week 5
- Theory of Capitalism-2
- Karl Marx and Alienation
- Karl Marx and Religion
- Marx on Democracy, and Colonialism
- Marx- An Appraisal
Week 6
- Emile Durkheim; Life and Intellectual Influences
- The Rules of the Sociological Method
- Division of Labour (1893)
- Division of Labour (conti…)
- Suicide (1897)
Week 7
- Elementary forms of Religious Life (1912)
- Durkheim on Education, Colonialism and Democracy
- Durkheim An Assessment
- Max Weber: Life and Intellectual Influences
- Weber’s Methodology of the Social Sciences
Week 8
- Rationalization and social action
- Rationalization and Authority
- The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism
- MODERN RATIONAL CAPITALISM
- Bureaucracy
Week 9
- Social Stratification: Calss, Status Group, and Party
- Comparative Religion and Disenchantment
- Weber on democracy and colonialism
- Critical Assessment
- Ferdinand Tonnies ( 1885-1936 )
Week 10
- George Simmel ( 1858 - 1918 )
- Social Differentiation and Conflict
- Simmel on Philosophy of Money
- George Herbert Mead
- Mind, Self and Society
Week 11
- Mead on Self
- Mead on Society
- Perkins Gilman and the gender question
- Dubois and question of race
- Classical Sociological Theory and Modernity : A Recap
Week 12
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Madras
- Department
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher
- Prof. R. Santhosh
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Society and politics
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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