Classics of Sociology I
Course code
RAS6101.YK
old course code
RAS6101
Course title in Estonian
Sotsioloogilised teooriad: klassikud I
Course title in English
Classics of Sociology I
ECTS credits
5.0
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Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The objective is to introduce the most important sociological theories, related to structural understanding of pre-industrial and industrial (modern) society.
Brief description of the course
Basics of categorizing theories. Society as a functional system. Early functionalism. Functionalism of T. Parson’s and R. Merton’s. Critical structuralism and conflict theory (K. Marx and others). Functionalist conflict theory (G. Simmel and others). Frankfurt school of thought. M. Weber’s understanding of religion and society. Social exchange theory (G. Homans, P. Blau and others). J. Habermas’s critical social theory and theory of communicative action. P. Bourdieu’s understanding of society and it’s critique. Participation in lectures is compulsory for passing the course. A written essay has to be prepared as an independent work based on required readings and topics.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Knowledge about the treated social theories, ability to systematise and compare them.
Ability to independently work with theoretical texts, to finding the substantial in them and the ability to reproduce.
Knowledge about the treated social theories, ability to systematise and compare them.
Ability to independently work with theoretical texts, to finding the substantial in them and the ability to reproduce.
Teacher
Jüri Kruusvall, PhD
Prerequisite course 1
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