22910126 - General sociology

The course aims to acquire the fundamentals of sociological knowledge with particular reference to the scientific character of sociology. Starting from an examination of the historical development of the discipline through the learning of the thought of the main authors, we propose an approach to the major theories, categories and sociological currents.
With the study of General Sociology, the student will be able to achieve the following educational objectives.
In terms of knowledge and understanding:
- knowledge of the theoretical principles of sociology;
- ability to express oneself in the language and terms of the discipline;
- understanding of the interconnections that structure the relationship between man and society in the various macro systemic contexts: social, economic, cultural.
In terms of knowledge and comprehension skills applied:
- ability to apply the knowledge acquired in research projects on the topics covered by the course;
- ability to apply sociological theories by elaborating research hypotheses and selecting the most suitable research techniques.
In terms of autonomy of judgement:
- ability to critically read manuals and specialist texts concerning the discipline;
- ability to identify the appropriate methods of study and research in relation to the different contexts of application;
- ability to read critically the results of studies, research and projects.
In terms of communication skills:
- acquisition of terminology specific to the discipline;
- ability to express clearly, even to a non-specialist audience, environmental issues in the global socio-economic context.
In terms of learning capacity:
- understanding of the importance of field observation and direct experience of the processes being studied.

Curriculum

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Programme

The course is dedicated to the problems, concepts, methods and main sociological theories.
During the course, some of the key concepts of sociology will be studied: social relations; social action, socialization, solidarity, interaction, social inequality, stratification and social classes and exclusion, culture etc.
The course aims a critical analysis of the most relevant aspects of social processes ongoing in contemporary. Know the main trends of sociological theory and learn the basics of methodologies for social research.

Core Documentation

Testi obbligatori
Parte generale:
1. Ambrogio Santambrogio, Introduzione alla sociologia, Editore Laterza.
2. Paolo Montesperelli, Metodologia della ricerca sociale (materiale scaricabile dalla piattaforma Formonline)
3. Claudio Tognonato, La sociologia alla ricerca della qualità (materiale scaricabile dalla piattaforma Formonline)

Seminario:
4. Claudio Tognonato, Teoria sociale dell’agire inerte. L’individuo nella morsa delle costruzioni sociali, Liguori Editore, Napoli 2018.

Type of delivery of the course

Frontal lessons

Type of evaluation

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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: globalization, ecology, gender and sexuality, migrations ... 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 Course.
During the course seminars will be organized.

Core Documentation

Textes Suggested:

1) Neil J. Smelser, Manuale di Sociologia, Il Mulino
oppure
Franco Ferrarotti, Manuale di Sociologia, Laterza (in biblioteca)
oppure
Nuovo Manuale di Sociologia, a cura di R. Cipriani, Maggioli Ed, Seconda edizione

2) un testo a scelta tra:
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, Agnes Heller, Per una teoria dei sentimenti, Mary Wollstonecraft, I diritti delle donne, , Z. Bauman, Amore liquido.

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

4) Un testo a scelta tra:
(qualsiasi edizione, molti testi sono presenti in biblioteca e si possono richiedere nel sistema interbibliotecario nazionale)

M. D’Amato, Telefantasie, per una sociologia dell’immaginario, M. D’Amato a cura, Immaginario e satanismo, K. Carnà, S. Rossetti, Kotha. Donne bangladesi nella Roma che cambia, Ediesse, 2018, K Carnà, Nuove identità in una società multietnica, Percorsi tra scuole, religioni, famiglie, Cleup, 2020, 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», Edmondo Grassi, L'intelligenza artificiale, Anicia, 2020, 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, a cura, Le Compositrici, Storia e storie di vita, SEdM, in corso di stampa,

Publicher Cleup: redazione@cleup.it or www.ibs.it libri

Reference Bibliography

Luciano Gallino, Dizionario di Sociologia Franco Ferrarotti Trattato di Sociologia Nicolò Govoni, Se fosse tuo figlio

Type of delivery of the course

Only in emergency for Covid 19

Attendance

partecipation is suggested

Type of evaluation

Gli studenti sono tenuti a presentare il giorno dell'esame (non per email) un discorso relativo ad un progetto di ricerca pensato e scelto liberamente tra uno dei temi oggetto del corso (per es. come studiare sul campo la presenza di immigrati in un quartiere della propria città/paese) utilizzando teorie sociologiche, elaborando ipotesi personali di ricerca, scegliendo tecniche di ricerca che si ritengono più adatte. Per maggiori chiarimenti gli studenti sono invitati a frequentare le lezioni o contattare la docente per definire un incontro durante il ricevimento studenti.