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Institut für Soziologie Institut für Soziologie

Eleni Arzoglou, MA Eleni Arzoglou, MA

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PS Lebenswelt und Lebensformen: Individuum und Gesellschaft 1

PS 2

5

Block

jährlich

Englisch

Im Seminar werden ausgewählte Themenbereiche detaillierter behandelt durch eigenständige Weiterarbeit, Präsentationen und Gruppendiskussionen. Lernziel: Die Studierenden vertiefen anhand von ethnografischen Studien ihr Verständnis in mikrosoziologischen Fragestellungen sowie der Kultursoziologie.

This course will explore the interrelationship between the individual and society. We begin by looking at the notion of the individual through a social rather than naturalist lens. We examine the stakes of too much individualism versus too much social influence. The course then splits into two halves. The first develops several analytical perspectives on the social constitution of an individual’s self, i.e. their identity. The second provides a cultural perspective on society and the cultural dimensions underpinning social structure. We conclude by tying the two halves together and outlining the ways in which we are cultured individuals.

Bourdieu, Pierre. 1986. Distinction. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Pp. 1-168, 260-484. Brubaker, Rogers and Frederick Cooper. 2000. “Beyond Identity.” Theory and Society 29: 1-47. Cerulo, Karen A. l997. “Identity Construction: New Issues, New Direction.” Annual Review of Sociology 23: 385-409. Jenkins, R. (2008). Social identity. London, New York, Routledge. Miller-Idriss, C. (2006). "Everyday Understandings of Citizenship in Germany." Citizenship Studies 10(5): 541-570. Wodak, R. (1999). The discursive construction of national identity. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press.

Anmeldungsvoraussetzung: positive Beurteilung der Module der Studieneingangsphase. Eleni Arzoglou, Harvard University, Cambridge/Mass., completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in the UK, Germany, South Africa and India. She arrived at sociology via economics and international relations. Currently undertaking research on identification with Europe among elites, her preliminary study was conducted through in-depth interviews with EU Commission officials. Broadly, she is interested in the intersection of political and cultural sociology, particularly in the context of the European Union.
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