21801008 - GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

CANALE M-Z
1) TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO THE MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND MODELS. IN PARTICULAR, THE RELATION BETWEEN SOCIETY, SOCIAL SUBJECTS, TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITALISM IS THE FOCUS OF THE COURSE.

2) TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE AND CONCEPTUAL TOOLS USEFUL TO ANALYZE CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL CHANGE.

Curriculum

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Mutuazione: 21801008 SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE in Scienze politiche per il governo e l'amministrazione L-36 AL ROSSI EMANUELE

Programme

FIRST PART: ESPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The origins of sociology and its epistemologic status. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. The main paradigms in sociology. Quantitative and qualitative methods.
SECOND PART: MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEMES
Culture - Structures, social actions and power – Groups and organizations - Social stratification, social classes and global inequalities - Ethnicity and migrations - Gender and sexualities – Families and socialization process – Deviance - Social changes, globalization and social movements.
THIRD PART: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIALOLOGICAL THEORIES
The birth of sociology: sociology and positivism - Karl Marx – Emile Durkheim – Georg Simmel – Max Weber – The Chicago School of Sociology – George H. Mead - Italian sociology at the beginning of '900 – Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis - Critic theory – Functionalism – Alfred Schutz – Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann – Erving Goffman – Contemporary sociology
FOURTH PART: POVERTY, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
FIFTH PART: THE SOCIOLOGY OF GEORG SIMMEL: DOMINATION
SIXTH PART: SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF COVID-19


Core Documentation

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapters 10 E 12].
Third part :
–JEDLOWSKI P. (2017) IL MONDO IN QUESTIONE. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO SOCIOLOGICO, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA, [with the exception of the following chapters 1, 13, 14].
Fourth part
• – ROSSI E., (2012), IN DISPARTE. APPUNTI PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DEL MARGINE, ARMANDO EDITORE
Fifth part
– SIMMEL G., (2017), IL DOMINIO, (edited by CARLO MONGARDINI), ROMA, BULZONI
SIXTH PART
- MARCHETTI M.C., ROMEO A., (EDITED BY), NOI RESTIAMO A CASA. IL MONDO VISTO DA FUORI AI TEMPI DEL COVID-19, MIMESIS EDITORE, 2020.


Type of delivery of the course

Oral lessons.The course includes lectures aimed at acquiring the concepts and main theories of the discipline. Participation of students in educational activities is optional.

Attendance

Oral lessons

Type of evaluation

The exam will be oral, aimed at evaluating the preparation of the student. The questions asked will be oriented to verify the degree of knowledge of the analytical and methodological tools of Sociology. Particular attention will be paid to verify the empirical knowledge that derives from research conducted on different topics which are illustrated in the text books. Finally, the student’s ability to establish links between the different themes will be evaluated, as well as the propensity of critical reflection on the phenomena being studied.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 21801008 SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE in Scienze politiche per la cooperazione e lo sviluppo L-36 MZ ANTONELLI FRANCESCO

Programme

PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The origin of the sociology and its epistemological status. The modern science and its scientific paradigms. Verificationism vs Falsificationism. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. Main sociological paradigms. Quantitative and qualitatives methods.

PART TWO: CONCEPTS, SUBJECTS AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Culture, institutions and cultural processes - Power, social action and social structures - Social interactions, groups and socialization - Migrations and ethnicity - Gender and sexuality (with references to the sociology of families) - Social stratification and inequlities in the globalization era - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism - A gender-sensitive perspective on sociological theories: from classic to contemporaries.

PART THREE: SECOND MODERNITY, RISCK AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The sociology of risk in Ulrick Beck's thought - Individualisation and inequalities - Science and Politics - The climate change within the global risk society: Bruno Latour's contribution - Science, politics and society facing the ecological crisis - History and critics on the idea of the Nature - Root causes of the ecological denial: post-apocalyptic perspectives and political gnosticism - Rethinking democracy and representativeness.




Core Documentation

Attending Students (10 CFU):

PART ONE AND SECOND:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, NUOVA EDIZIONE ITALIANA A CURA DI ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 e 11, 12].
- ANTONELLI F. (ED.) (2018), GENERE, SESSUALITA' E TEORIE SOCIOLOGICHE, CEDAN-Wolters Kluwer Italia, MILANO

PARTE TERZA:
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA (ANY ITALIAN EDITION).
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE.


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Not attending students:

PART ONE AND SECOND:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, NUOVA EDIZIONE ITALIANA A CURA DI ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 AND 11].
- ANTONELLI F. (ED.) (2018), GENERE, SESSUALITA' E TEORIE SOCIOLOGICHE, CEDAN-Wolters Kluwer Italia, MILANO
- COLLINS R. (2006), TEORIE SOCIOLOGICHE, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO [NO CHAPTERS 9 AND 10].

PART THREE:
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA (QUALUNQUE EDIZIONE ITALIANA).
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE.

PART FOUR:
- ANTONELLI F. (2019), TECNOCRAZIA E DEMOCRAZIA. L'EGEMONIA NELLA SOCIETA' DIGITALE, L'ASINO D'ORO, ROMA [NO CHAPTERS 4 AND 6].

Type of delivery of the course

During COVID-19 Emergency, the class will be held on-line, according to art. 1, Rectoral Decree n. 703, May 5th 2020. Teaching activities: lessons; workshops and classworks; lectures; homework.

Attendance

Attending lessons is optional. Nevertheless, it is deeply recommended because of attending student can take part in practical workshops (with assessment) and additional examinations on the program subjects.

Type of evaluation

During COVID-19 Emergency, the exam will be held according to art. 1, Rectoral Decree n. 703, May 5th 2020. Oral Exam on the whole program (different for attending students and not attending students). The oral test aims to assess the knowledge of the fundamental sociological categories (i.e. social stratification, groups, socialisation, social integration ecc.) and of the sociological theories (classic sociology, interactionsim, functionalism, conflictualism, contemporary social theories) as well as student's critical abilities, in particular the capacity to understand different nexus among different sociological categories and perspectives, in their historic background. Eventually, a specific assessment is focused on the capacity to read current social reality through sociological "lens".

Canali

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 21801008 SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE in Scienze politiche per il governo e l'amministrazione L-36 AL ROSSI EMANUELE

Programme

FIRST PART: ESPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The origins of sociology and its epistemologic status. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. The main paradigms in sociology. Quantitative and qualitative methods.
SECOND PART: MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEMES
Culture - Structures, social actions and power – Groups and organizations - Social stratification, social classes and global inequalities - Ethnicity and migrations - Gender and sexualities – Families and socialization process – Deviance - Social changes, globalization and social movements.
THIRD PART: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIALOLOGICAL THEORIES
The birth of sociology: sociology and positivism - Karl Marx – Emile Durkheim – Georg Simmel – Max Weber – The Chicago School of Sociology – George H. Mead - Italian sociology at the beginning of '900 – Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis - Critic theory – Functionalism – Alfred Schutz – Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann – Erving Goffman – Contemporary sociology
FOURTH PART: POVERTY, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
FIFTH PART: THE SOCIOLOGY OF GEORG SIMMEL: DOMINATION
SIXTH PART: SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF COVID-19


Core Documentation

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapters 10 E 12].
Third part :
–JEDLOWSKI P. (2017) IL MONDO IN QUESTIONE. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO SOCIOLOGICO, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA, [with the exception of the following chapters 1, 13, 14].
Fourth part
• – ROSSI E., (2012), IN DISPARTE. APPUNTI PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DEL MARGINE, ARMANDO EDITORE
Fifth part
– SIMMEL G., (2017), IL DOMINIO, (edited by CARLO MONGARDINI), ROMA, BULZONI
SIXTH PART
- MARCHETTI M.C., ROMEO A., (EDITED BY), NOI RESTIAMO A CASA. IL MONDO VISTO DA FUORI AI TEMPI DEL COVID-19, MIMESIS EDITORE, 2020.


Type of delivery of the course

Oral lessons.The course includes lectures aimed at acquiring the concepts and main theories of the discipline. Participation of students in educational activities is optional.

Attendance

Oral lessons

Type of evaluation

The exam will be oral, aimed at evaluating the preparation of the student. The questions asked will be oriented to verify the degree of knowledge of the analytical and methodological tools of Sociology. Particular attention will be paid to verify the empirical knowledge that derives from research conducted on different topics which are illustrated in the text books. Finally, the student’s ability to establish links between the different themes will be evaluated, as well as the propensity of critical reflection on the phenomena being studied.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 21801008 SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE in Scienze politiche per la cooperazione e lo sviluppo L-36 MZ ANTONELLI FRANCESCO

Programme

PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The origin of the sociology and its epistemological status. The modern science and its scientific paradigms. Verificationism vs Falsificationism. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. Main sociological paradigms. Quantitative and qualitatives methods.

PART TWO: CONCEPTS, SUBJECTS AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Culture, institutions and cultural processes - Power, social action and social structures - Social interactions, groups and socialization - Migrations and ethnicity - Gender and sexuality (with references to the sociology of families) - Social stratification and inequlities in the globalization era - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism - A gender-sensitive perspective on sociological theories: from classic to contemporaries.

PART THREE: SECOND MODERNITY, RISCK AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The sociology of risk in Ulrick Beck's thought - Individualisation and inequalities - Science and Politics - The climate change within the global risk society: Bruno Latour's contribution - Science, politics and society facing the ecological crisis - History and critics on the idea of the Nature - Root causes of the ecological denial: post-apocalyptic perspectives and political gnosticism - Rethinking democracy and representativeness.




Core Documentation

Attending Students (10 CFU):

PART ONE AND SECOND:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, NUOVA EDIZIONE ITALIANA A CURA DI ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 e 11, 12].
- ANTONELLI F. (ED.) (2018), GENERE, SESSUALITA' E TEORIE SOCIOLOGICHE, CEDAN-Wolters Kluwer Italia, MILANO

PARTE TERZA:
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA (ANY ITALIAN EDITION).
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE.


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Not attending students:

PART ONE AND SECOND:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, NUOVA EDIZIONE ITALIANA A CURA DI ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 AND 11].
- ANTONELLI F. (ED.) (2018), GENERE, SESSUALITA' E TEORIE SOCIOLOGICHE, CEDAN-Wolters Kluwer Italia, MILANO
- COLLINS R. (2006), TEORIE SOCIOLOGICHE, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO [NO CHAPTERS 9 AND 10].

PART THREE:
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA (QUALUNQUE EDIZIONE ITALIANA).
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE.

PART FOUR:
- ANTONELLI F. (2019), TECNOCRAZIA E DEMOCRAZIA. L'EGEMONIA NELLA SOCIETA' DIGITALE, L'ASINO D'ORO, ROMA [NO CHAPTERS 4 AND 6].

Type of delivery of the course

During COVID-19 Emergency, the class will be held on-line, according to art. 1, Rectoral Decree n. 703, May 5th 2020. Teaching activities: lessons; workshops and classworks; lectures; homework.

Attendance

Attending lessons is optional. Nevertheless, it is deeply recommended because of attending student can take part in practical workshops (with assessment) and additional examinations on the program subjects.

Type of evaluation

During COVID-19 Emergency, the exam will be held according to art. 1, Rectoral Decree n. 703, May 5th 2020. Oral Exam on the whole program (different for attending students and not attending students). The oral test aims to assess the knowledge of the fundamental sociological categories (i.e. social stratification, groups, socialisation, social integration ecc.) and of the sociological theories (classic sociology, interactionsim, functionalism, conflictualism, contemporary social theories) as well as student's critical abilities, in particular the capacity to understand different nexus among different sociological categories and perspectives, in their historic background. Eventually, a specific assessment is focused on the capacity to read current social reality through sociological "lens".

Canali

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 21801008 SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE in Scienze politiche per il governo e l'amministrazione L-36 AL ROSSI EMANUELE

Programme

FIRST PART: ESPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The origins of sociology and its epistemologic status. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. The main paradigms in sociology. Quantitative and qualitative methods.
SECOND PART: MAIN SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEMES
Culture - Structures, social actions and power – Groups and organizations - Social stratification, social classes and global inequalities - Ethnicity and migrations - Gender and sexualities – Families and socialization process – Deviance - Social changes, globalization and social movements.
THIRD PART: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIALOLOGICAL THEORIES
The birth of sociology: sociology and positivism - Karl Marx – Emile Durkheim – Georg Simmel – Max Weber – The Chicago School of Sociology – George H. Mead - Italian sociology at the beginning of '900 – Sigmund Freud and the birth of psychoanalysis - Critic theory – Functionalism – Alfred Schutz – Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann – Erving Goffman – Contemporary sociology
FOURTH PART: POVERTY, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
FIFTH PART: THE SOCIOLOGY OF GEORG SIMMEL: DOMINATION
SIXTH PART: SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF COVID-19


Core Documentation

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapters 10 E 12].
Third part :
–JEDLOWSKI P. (2017) IL MONDO IN QUESTIONE. INTRODUZIONE ALLA STORIA DEL PENSIERO SOCIOLOGICO, CAROCCI EDITORE, ROMA, [with the exception of the following chapters 1, 13, 14].
Fourth part
• – ROSSI E., (2012), IN DISPARTE. APPUNTI PER UNA SOCIOLOGIA DEL MARGINE, ARMANDO EDITORE
Fifth part
– SIMMEL G., (2017), IL DOMINIO, (edited by CARLO MONGARDINI), ROMA, BULZONI
SIXTH PART
- MARCHETTI M.C., ROMEO A., (EDITED BY), NOI RESTIAMO A CASA. IL MONDO VISTO DA FUORI AI TEMPI DEL COVID-19, MIMESIS EDITORE, 2020.


Type of delivery of the course

Oral lessons.The course includes lectures aimed at acquiring the concepts and main theories of the discipline. Participation of students in educational activities is optional.

Attendance

Oral lessons

Type of evaluation

The exam will be oral, aimed at evaluating the preparation of the student. The questions asked will be oriented to verify the degree of knowledge of the analytical and methodological tools of Sociology. Particular attention will be paid to verify the empirical knowledge that derives from research conducted on different topics which are illustrated in the text books. Finally, the student’s ability to establish links between the different themes will be evaluated, as well as the propensity of critical reflection on the phenomena being studied.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 21801008 SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE in Scienze politiche per la cooperazione e lo sviluppo L-36 MZ ANTONELLI FRANCESCO

Programme

PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
The origin of the sociology and its epistemological status. The modern science and its scientific paradigms. Verificationism vs Falsificationism. Epistemology, methodology and social theory. Main sociological paradigms. Quantitative and qualitatives methods.

PART TWO: CONCEPTS, SUBJECTS AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Culture, institutions and cultural processes - Power, social action and social structures - Social interactions, groups and socialization - Migrations and ethnicity - Gender and sexuality (with references to the sociology of families) - Social stratification and inequlities in the globalization era - Social changes, social movements and globalization - Classical Sociological Perspective - The main sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflictualism, interactionism - A gender-sensitive perspective on sociological theories: from classic to contemporaries.

PART THREE: SECOND MODERNITY, RISCK AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The sociology of risk in Ulrick Beck's thought - Individualisation and inequalities - Science and Politics - The climate change within the global risk society: Bruno Latour's contribution - Science, politics and society facing the ecological crisis - History and critics on the idea of the Nature - Root causes of the ecological denial: post-apocalyptic perspectives and political gnosticism - Rethinking democracy and representativeness.




Core Documentation

Attending Students (10 CFU):

PART ONE AND SECOND:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, NUOVA EDIZIONE ITALIANA A CURA DI ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 e 11, 12].
- ANTONELLI F. (ED.) (2018), GENERE, SESSUALITA' E TEORIE SOCIOLOGICHE, CEDAN-Wolters Kluwer Italia, MILANO

PARTE TERZA:
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA (ANY ITALIAN EDITION).
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE.


------------

Not attending students:

PART ONE AND SECOND:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, STRUMENTI, CONCETTI, NUOVA EDIZIONE ITALIANA A CURA DI ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 AND 11].
- ANTONELLI F. (ED.) (2018), GENERE, SESSUALITA' E TEORIE SOCIOLOGICHE, CEDAN-Wolters Kluwer Italia, MILANO
- COLLINS R. (2006), TEORIE SOCIOLOGICHE, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO [NO CHAPTERS 9 AND 10].

PART THREE:
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA (QUALUNQUE EDIZIONE ITALIANA).
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE.

PART FOUR:
- ANTONELLI F. (2019), TECNOCRAZIA E DEMOCRAZIA. L'EGEMONIA NELLA SOCIETA' DIGITALE, L'ASINO D'ORO, ROMA [NO CHAPTERS 4 AND 6].

Type of delivery of the course

During COVID-19 Emergency, the class will be held on-line, according to art. 1, Rectoral Decree n. 703, May 5th 2020. Teaching activities: lessons; workshops and classworks; lectures; homework.

Attendance

Attending lessons is optional. Nevertheless, it is deeply recommended because of attending student can take part in practical workshops (with assessment) and additional examinations on the program subjects.

Type of evaluation

During COVID-19 Emergency, the exam will be held according to art. 1, Rectoral Decree n. 703, May 5th 2020. Oral Exam on the whole program (different for attending students and not attending students). The oral test aims to assess the knowledge of the fundamental sociological categories (i.e. social stratification, groups, socialisation, social integration ecc.) and of the sociological theories (classic sociology, interactionsim, functionalism, conflictualism, contemporary social theories) as well as student's critical abilities, in particular the capacity to understand different nexus among different sociological categories and perspectives, in their historic background. Eventually, a specific assessment is focused on the capacity to read current social reality through sociological "lens".