22910090 - General Sociology

If we think of sociology as a reflexive thought about man, about his actions in society, we could say that it has always existed: from philosophy, in literature, among scholars of every age, in the most varied fields. A science is born from the need of people to satisfy certain needs, proposing answers, practical solutions to certain problems or cognitive needs. The first sociological elaborations were attempts to reach an understanding of how, and through which actors, society was changing, and to provide some guidance in establishing new social orders. As the problems of urban and industrial societies worsened, both in size and complexity, as the capitalist system developed, as new political movements emerged and with them the collective movements, sociology took on the task of investigating and attempting to resolve the multiple problems of a modern society. Today, the sociologist, must be able to analyze and respond to other issues of social coexistence: globalization, ecology, gender and sexuality, migrations ... major issues that bring in the transformations of social relations, the family, stratification, education, religion, the arts, the use of the media. The course therefore aims to address the forms and changes of living in society, according to different theories and methods of investigation. Particular attention will be paid to those themes that are closest to the professional path of the Degree Course.
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Programme

If you think of sociology as reflective thinking about man, on his acting in society, one can say that he has always existed: from philosophy, literature, scholars of all ages to the most diverse fields. A science stems from the need for men to meet certain needs, proposing answers, practical solutions to certain problems or cognitive needs. Early sociological elaborations were attempts to reach an understanding of how, and through which actors, society was transforming and provide some guidance in establishing new social orders. As the problems of urban and industrial societies worsened, both in size and complexity, as the capitalist system developed, new political movements emerged and with them collective movements, sociology assumed the task of investigating and try to solve the multiple problems of a modern society. Today, the sociologist has to be able to analyze and respond to other issues of social coexistence: democracy, globalization, ecology, gender and sexuality, migrations, symboliism ... great themes that bring in the transformations of social relationships, family, stratification , education, religion, the arts, the use of mass media. The course intends to address the forms and changes of living in society, according to different theories and methods of investigation. Particular attention will be paid to the topics closest to the professional path of the Degree. During the course seminars will be organized.


Core Documentation

Texts suggested for 6 credits:

1) Neil J. Smelser, Manuale di Sociologia, Il Mulino

2) one text to choose beetwen:
E. Goffman, La vita quotidiana come rappresentazione o I rituali dell’interazione, L. Berger, T. Luckmann, La realtà come costruzione sociale, M. Weber,Lo spirito protestante e le origini del capitalismo o La scienza come professione. La politica come professione, , E. Durkheim, Il Suicidio, P. H. Marcuse, L’uomo ad una dimensione, W. Adorno, La personalità autoritaria Bourdieu, Il dominio maschile, Feltrinelli, C.W. Mills, L'immaginazione sociologica, Il Saggiatore, Hannah Arendt, Vita activa o Le origini del totalitarismo, qualsiasi edizione, Franco Ferrarotti, La sociologia alla riscoperta della qualità/oppure/ La sociologia .

3) Milena Gammaitoni, Storie di vita di artiste europee, dal Medioevo alla contemporaneità, Cleup, Padova

4) one text to choose beetwen: : M. Gammaitoni, a cura, Le arti e la politica. Le risposte della sociologia, Cleup, 2015, M. Gammaitoni, a cura, Per una sociologia delle arti. Storia e storie di vita, Cleup, 2012 Milena Gammaitoni, Le Compositrici, Storia e storie di vita, SEdM, in corso di stampa, M. Gammaitoni, L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, storie e storie di vita, in corso di stampa i libri dell'editore Cleup si possono ordinare direttamente a redazione@cleup.it oppure on line su ibs libri.

For 9 credits another text to choose between:
For 9 credits uno text to choose:


Mary Wollstonecraft, I diritti delle donne, A. De Toqueville, La democrazia in America, Erich Fromm, Fuga dalla libertà, Franco Ferrarotti, La tentazione dell’oblio oppure Vite di Baraccati, Z. Bauman, Amore liquido, A. Giddens, Sull’intimità, R. Sennet, Insieme, Simone Weil, La prima radice, E. Morin, Insegnare a vivere. Manifesto per cambiare l'educazione, F. Berardi, Futurabilità, I. Illich, La convivialità, L. Irigaray, Condividere il mondo, V. Zolberg, Sociologia dell’arte, R. Cipriani, La religione diffusa, M. Ambrosini, Migrazioni, Egea, M. Orioles, La seconda generazione dei migranti, M. D’Amato, Telefantasie, per una sociologia dell’immaginario , Agnes Heller, Paradosso Europa, , M. D’Amato a cura, Immaginario e satanismo, G. Turnaturi, Immaginazione sociologica e immaginazione letteraria, Laura Verdi, Il corpo al centro, 2016, K. Carnà, S. Rossetti, Kotha. Donne bangladesi nella Roma che cambia, Ediesse, 2018, F. Antonelli, a cura, Genere, sessualità e teorie sociologiche, Cedam, 2018, A. Romeo, Per una sociologia del corpo, Mondadori, 2018, Ignazia Bartholini, Violenza di prossimità. La vittima, il carnefice, lo spettatore e il «grande occhio».



Reference Bibliography

Luciano Gallino, Dizionario di Sociologia Alberto Izzo, Storia del pensiero sociologico

Type of delivery of the course

Test

Type of evaluation

Text with 2 open questions