22902620 - Sociology

With the study of General Sociology the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives.

In terms of knowledge and understanding:
- identify, investigate and understand the main orientations of the theory of sociological thinking;
- learn the fundamentals of sociological epistemology.

In terms of applying knowledge and understanding:
- learn the features of the approach to studying social change, its characteristics and its basic concepts;
- identify, analyze and understand the phenomena of social development processes.

In terms of autonomy of judgment:
- Link sociological theory to the themes of progress and social change;
- Understand the global society of our century through sociological currents.

In terms of communicative abilities:
- acquire mastery of the scientific language of expertise;
- develop competence in designing and organizing scientific thinking.

In terms of learning ability:
- understand the myths, values ​​and patterns of behavior of contemporary social models;
- understand the use and techniques of quantitative and qualitative methodology for social analysis
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Programme

If we think of sociology as a reflective thought on man, on his actions in society, it could be said that it has always existed: from philosophy, in literature, among scholars of every age, in the most varied fields. A science arises from the need of men to satisfy certain needs, proposing answers, practical solutions to real problems or cognitive needs.
Sociology combines theory and empirical research, and today, more than ever, it is useful for knowing how to analyze and respond to the issues of social coexistence: culture, democracy, health, globalization, ecology, gender and sexuality, migrations, symbolic representations, great themes that carry within themselves the transformations of social relations, of the family, of stratification, of education, of religion, of the arts, of the use of mass media. The course therefore intends to address the forms and changes of living in society, according to different theories and methods of investigation, with the aim of making female students increasingly autonomous, critical and aware. Able to set up conceptually oriented empirical research.
Particular attention will be paid to the themes closest to the professional paths of the degree courses, with particular attention to childhood.


Core Documentation

Textes suggested:
Testi di esame consigliati:

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, P. 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 a cura, Immaginario e satanismo, K. Carnà, S. Rossetti, Corpi e identità, donne dal subcontinente indiano all’Italia, Maori Ed. 2021, Grassi E., Etica e intelligenza artificiale, questioni aperte, Armando, 2020, Chiara Carbone, Voci indigene e saperi sovversivi, Le donne Maori innovano le conoscenze, Mimesis, 2021, K Carnà, Nuove identità in una società multietnica, Percorsi tra scuole, religioni, famiglie, Cleup, 2020, C. Costa, B. Morsello, Incerta religiosità, forme molteplici del credere, Franco Angeli, 2020, F. Antonelli, a cura, Genere, sessualità e teorie sociologiche, Cedam, 2018, A. Romeo, Per una sociologia del corpo, Mondadori, 2018, I. Bartholini, Violenza di prossimità. La vittima, il carnefice, lo spettatore e il «grande occhio», 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 L. Aversano, O. Caianiello, M. Gammaitoni, a cura, Musiciste e Compositrici, Storia e storie di vita, SEdM, 2021 ( ordinabile nel sito www.sedm.it), M. Gammaitoni, a cura, Roma in mutamento? Intercultura e inclusione per servizi pubblici innovativi, Cleup, 2021.
I libri dell'editore Cleup si possono ordinare direttamente a redazione@cleup.it oppure on line su ibs libri,


Reference Bibliography

Luciano Gallino, Dizionario di Sociologia Franco Ferrarotti Trattato di Sociologia Nicolò Govoni, Se fosse tuo figlio Elena Giannini Belotti dalla parte delle bambine Marina D’Amato, Ci siamo persi i bambini, Laterza

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures and seminar meetings

Type of evaluation

Exam will be about textes suggested and all students are required to present on the day of the exam (not in written form) an oral speech relating to a research project conceived and freely chosen from one of the topics covered by the course (e.g. how to study in the field the presence of immigrants in a district of one's city / country) using sociological theories, elaborating personal research hypotheses, choosing research techniques that are considered most suitable. For further information, students are invited to attend the lessons or contact the teacher to arrange a meeting during the student reception