408040 VO Sociological Theory

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408040
VO Sociological Theory
VO 2
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Curr. 2021 § 5 (1) 7: The students are able to differentiate between the most important paradigms of basic sociological theories with regards to their historical development and to apply them to current sociological issues. They will acquire in-depth knowledge of one of these theories and be able to present it convincingly in the context of a scientific work and for an independent problem analysis

Introduction to social thought at the example of the works of its most important representatives.

Lectures and discussions
Written exam

Durkheim, Emile. 1988 [1893]. On the social division of labor, 2nd edition, Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp.

Freud, Sigmund. 2000. The decomposition of psychological personality, in: Lectures for an introduction to psychoanalysis and new series, Frankfurt a.M.: Fischer, 496-516. 

Horkheimer, Max and Theodor W. Adorno. 2003 [1944]. cultural industry. Enlightenment as mass fraud [1944]. In: Dialectics of Enlightenment. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, ​​141-190.

Marx, Karl. 1969. The German Ideology. In: Works Vol. 3, Berlin, 20-39, 46-50.

Mead, George Herbert. 1973. Mind, identity and society from the perspective of social behaviorism, Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, ​​187–206.

Morel, Julius/Bauer/Meleghy/Niedenzu/Preglau/Staubmann. 2015. Sociological theory. Outline of the approaches of its main representatives. 9th edition, Munich: Oldenbourg.

Weber, Max. 1980. Economy and Society. Outline of understanding sociology. Tübingen: Mohr, §1 to §5.

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Date Time Location
Thu 2024-03-14
16.45 - 20.00 HS 1 (Sowi) HS 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Fri 2024-03-15
13.15 - 18.00 HS 1 (Sowi) HS 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Sat 2024-03-16
09.30 - 13.00 HS 1 (Sowi) HS 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Thu 2024-03-21
13.15 - 14.45 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Thu 2024-04-11
13.15 - 14.45 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Fri 2024-04-19
13.15 - 18.00 HS 1 (Sowi) HS 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Sat 2024-04-20
09.30 - 13.00 HS 1 (Sowi) HS 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free
Thu 2024-04-25
13.15 - 14.45 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Thu 2024-05-02
08.00 - 09.30 HS 1 (Sowi) HS 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free 1. Prüfungstermin
Mon 2024-07-01
09.45 - 11.15 Seminarraum EG005/1 (Grauer Bär) Seminarraum EG005/1 (Grauer Bär) 2. Prüfungstermin
Mon 2024-07-01
09.45 - 11.15 Seminarraum EG005/2 (Grauer Bär) Seminarraum EG005/2 (Grauer Bär) 2. Prüfungstermin
Tue 2024-10-01
13.15 - 14.45 HS 1 (Sowi) HS 1 (Sowi) Barrier-free 3. Prüfungstermin