SOCIOLOGY

Introduction to Sociological Theory SOC 3200-1 Fall 2019 TuTh 11:00AM - 12:20PM, GATEWAY 142, Aug 26 - Dec 13, 2019 Professor Gabe Ignatow e-mail: ignatow@unt.edu Office: 288E Sycamore Hall office phone: 940 565 3616 office hours: TuTh 2-2:50pm or by appointment (email works best) This course provides an introduction to sociological theory from the 1840s to the present day, though it concentrates on the classical era of sociological theory from the Industrial Revolution through World War I. The course provides a foundation for taking 3000- and 4000-level sociology courses, and is intended primarily, although not exclusively, for sociology majors and minors.  Requirements Two exams: 20% and 25% Quizzes: 25% (4-5 pop quizzes on theorists already covered in lecture) Final exam: 30%  In special cases a student may substitute an 8-page final paper for the final exam (including title page and reference page, double spaced, TNR 12 pt, applying ideas from the course t...

The final exam is scheduled for 10:30am Wednesday May 5 in our classroom. The final exam covers the history of American sociology, W.E.B. DuBois, George Herbert Mead, Talcott Parsons,  Robert Merton, C. Wright Mills, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Social Constructionism You should be able to define and discuss all of the following terms: W.E.B. DuBois Fisk University “color line” Booker T. Washington Tuskegee Institute “double-consciousness” “the veil” “the talented tenth” “colortocracy” The Philadelphia Negro (1899) The University of Pennsylvania The Souls of Black Folk (1903) Marcus Garvey George Herbert Mead Mind, Self and Society Behaviorism Perspective-taking Social sources of the self The other The generalized other The “I” and the “me” “Play” and “game” Talcott Parson Dynamic equilibrium Social system Value system Personality system C. Wright Mills The Sociological Imagination The Power Elite White Collar Triangle of Power Robert Me...

Sociology of Culture Prof. Gabe Ignatow Review sheet for final exam at 8am Saturday May 4 in our classroom The final exam will cover the following course readings on the syllabus: Lamont et al. "Cultural and Moral Boundaries in the United States" Richard Peterson and Roger Kern, "Changing Highbrow Taste: From Snob to Omnivore" (bottom of page) Bethany Bryson, Anything But Heavy Metal Sam Friedman, Cultural Omnivores or Culturally Homeless? Peterson and Anand, The Production of Culture Perspective Richard Peterson, Why 1955? Explaining the Advent of Rock Music (get from JSTOR) Wendy Griswold, American Character and the American Novel You should be able to define and discuss all of the following terms (this list is not exhaustive): Highbrows Snobs Omnivores Musical dislikes High-status exclusiveness Educated tolerance Symbolic racism Patterned tolerance Multicultural capital tolerance line dominant classes ...

Sociology of Culture Prof. Gabe Ignatow Review Sheet for Exam 2 on Friday March 31 The second exam will cover the following course readings from the syllabus: Ruth Benedict, The Concept of Culture Clifford Geertz, Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture Richard Shweder, "On the Return of the 'Civilizing' Project" Emile Durkheim, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, Introduction and Chapter 1 Film: "Warriors of the Amazon" Sulkunen, Pekka. Sociology Made Visible: On the Cultural Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu Pierre Bourdieu, Social Space and Symbolic Power Bourdieu, The Field of Cultural Production (read through pg. 40) and The Market of Symbolic Goods Sam Friedman, Habitus clivé and the emotional imprint of social mobility You should be able to define and discuss all of the following terms (this list is not exhaustive): cultural anthropology synchronic analysis diachronic analysis c...

Introduction to Sociological Theory Review Sheet for Exam 2 Friday March 22  in class 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. Ferdinand Toennies Gemeinschaft (Community) Gesellschaft (Society) Georg Simmel Social Networks Social Physics Mechanical solidarity Organic solidarity Emile Durkheim Mechanical Solidarity Organic Solidarity Similarity Functional Inderdependence Anomie Karl Marx The Communist Manifesto Das Kapital Class conflict Capitalists Bourgeoisie Proletariat Base and superstructure Control of the means of production Capitalism’s internal contradictions False consciousness Class consciousness Revolutionary intellectuals Alienation De-skilling Routinization Boredom Socialism Thorstein Veblen Conspicuous consumpti...