21801008 - GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

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Mutuazione: 21801008 SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE in Scienze politiche L-36 A - L ROSSI EMANUELE

Programme

6 CFU
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
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10 CFU
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 SOCIOLOGICAL 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

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12 CFU
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 SOCIOLOGICAL 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

6 CFU

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10].
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
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10 CFU

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10].
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
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12 CFU

First and second part:
– CROTEAU D., HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE. TEMI, METODO, CONCETTI, SECOND EDITION (EDITED BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E.) MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [with the exception of the following chapter 10].
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.

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Mutuazione: 21801008 SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE in Scienze politiche L-36 M - Z ANTONELLI FRANCESCO

Programme

Textbooks for 6 CFU:

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. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.

PART THREE (A thematic programme chosen by the student):
Either: PROGRAMME ONE: WORKING CLASSES AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF WORK IN ITALY
Working classes in global society - Working Class and labour market transformations - Domestic workers in Italy.
Or: PROGRAMME TWO: EXTREMISM AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION
What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.

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Textbooks for 10 CFU:

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. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.

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.

PART THREE (A thematic programme chosen by the student):
Either: PROGRAMME ONE: WORKING CLASSES AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF WORK IN ITALY
Working classes in global society - Working Class and labour market transformations - Domestic workers in Italy.
Or: PROGRAMME TWO: EXTREMISM AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION
What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.

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Textbooks for 12 CFU:

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. Contemporary social theories: Bauman, Touraine, Bourdieu.

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.

PART FOUR: THE WORLD-SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION PROCESSES
What is a world-system - Development, power relationships and world-systems - Conflicts - What is radicalisation - The factors of radicalisation - Theory and models - Policies to contrast violent radicalisation.



Core Documentation

Textbooks for 6 CFU:

A) PART ONE AND TWO
If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11].
If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].

B) PART THREE
- A book between the follwing:
Either: 1) ANTONELLI F., MUSOLINO S., ROSSI E., LUNGO CAMMINO VERSO LA DIGNITA'. UN'INCHIESTA SOCIALE SULLE LAVORATRICI E I LAVORATORI DOMESTICI IN ITALIA, VITA E PENSIERO, MILANO (in press).
Or: 2) ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.

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Textbooks for 10 CFU:

A) PART ONE AND TWO
If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11].
If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW
HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].

B) PART THREE
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA.
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE [NO CHAPTERS 5,6,7,8].

C) PART FOUR:
- A book between the follwing:
Either: 1) ANTONELLI F., MUSOLINO S., ROSSI E., LUNGO CAMMINO VERSO LA DIGNITA'. UN'INCHIESTA SOCIALE SULLE LAVORATRICI E I LAVORATORI DOMESTICI IN ITALIA, VITA E PENSIERO, MILANO (in press).
Or: 2) ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.

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Textbooks for 12 CFU:

A) PART ONE AND TWO
If you are going to take your exam in winter of 2022 examination session:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2018), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, SECOND ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 10 and 11].
If you are going to take your exam in summer and autumn of 2022 sessions and in later sessions:
– CROTEAU D.,HOYNES W. (2022), SOCIOLOGIA GENERALE, THIRD ITALIAN EDITION EDS. BY ANTONELLI F., ROSSI E. MC GRAW HILL EDUCATION, MILANO [NO CHAPTERS 11].

B) PART THREE
- BECK U., LA SOCIETA' DEL RISCHIO. VERSO UNA SECONDA MODERNITA', CAROCCI, ROMA.
- LATOUR B. (2020), LA SFIDA DI GAIA. IL NUOVO REGIME CLIMATICO, MELTEMI, UDINE [NO CHAPTERS 5,6,7,8].

C) PART FOUR
- WALLREISTEIN I. (2013), COMPRENDERE IL MONDO. INTRODUZIONE ALL'ANALISI DEI SISTEMI-MONDO, ASTERIOS, TRIESTE.
- ANTONELLI F. (2021), RADICALIZZAZIONE, MONDADORI, MILANO.


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. Educational activities: lessons; workshops and classworks; lectures; homework.

Attendance

Attending lessons is optional. Nevertheless, it is strongly recommended to fully achieve all educational goals.

Type of evaluation

During COVID-19 Emergency, the exam will be held according to art. 1, Rectoral Decree n. 703, May 5th 2020. Oral test 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".