SOCIOLOGY

Sociology 4260/5260 Globalization :: spring 2014 For exam 1 on Monday Februrary 24 you should be able to define and discuss the following terms, from sections I. Introduction - III. Economic Globalization (ending with the Robert Hunter Wade Article). Definitions of globalization Nation-state sociology Globalists Traditionalists Transformationalists Interpenetration Global infrastructure Regionalization Clash of Civilizations Cold War Triumphalists Western liberal teleology East versus West “Western Civil War” Desecularization fundamentalism Ethnocentrism Blaming the victim “The True Clash of Civilizations” “The Clash of Ignorance” World System Theory (WST) World empires World economies Strong states Core countries Periphery Semi-periphery Jihad Desecularization Racialization Retribalization McWorld Homogenization Global capitalism International Telegraph Union Universal Postal Union International Meteoro...

Introduction to Sociological Theory Prof. Gabe Ignatow Review Sheet for Exam 1 Friday February 21 in class The 1 st exam will cover the course readings on the syllabus through Karl Marx. Note that the Weber readings (Weber on Class,  Stande,  Conflict, and Rationalization  III-13,14,15) and Thorstein Veblen will not be on the first exam. You should be able to define and discuss all of the following terms. Note that this list is a guide only, and everything from the lectures and readings for this section of the course can be included on the exam. Readings: C. W. Mills VIII-37 Weber on Verstehen III-11 Durkheim’s Suicide II-8 Marx on false consciousness I-2 Simmel on urban life IV-16, 17 Durkheim and mechanical and organic solidarity II-6   Marx on the proletariat, bourgeosie, and capitalists I-1,3,4,5 What is sociological theory? What is a theory? C. Wright Mills “Culture and Politics” “false consciousness” ...