408082 PS Life World, Life Forms: Individual and Society 1

summer semester 2016 | Last update: 07.05.2018 | Place course on memo list

Department:

Department of Sociology

Instructor:

Eleni Arzoglou, MA

Course number:

408082

Title:

PS Life World, Life Forms: Individual and Society 1

Type/hours:

PS 2

ECTS credits:

Period:

Block

Mode of repetition:

annually

Language of instruction:

English

Learning Outcome:

The seminar covers selected lecture topics in more depth through self-study of key texts, student presentations and group discussions. At the example of ethnographic studies of the life-world, students should gain a deeper understanding of approaches in microsociology and cultural sociology.

Contents:

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.

Methods:

Student presentations and discussion

Assessment:

Course examination according to § 7, statute section on "study-law regulations"

Literature:

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.

Prerequisites:

positive completion of the compulsory module according to § 5 Para 1 No 2.

OLAT:

https://lms.uibk.ac.at/url/RepositoryEntry/3960209560

Link:

http://www.uibk.ac.at/soziologie

Start:

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allocated to study field

School of Political Science and Sociology

Bachelor's Programme Sociology according to the curriculum 2007 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)

Compulsory Modules (150 ECTS-Credits)

Compulsory Module 9: Life World - Life Forms: Individual and Society 1 (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Dates

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Date	Time	Location
Wed 2016-06-01	15.00 - 16.30	SR 6 (Sowi) SR 6 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Wed 2016-06-01	16.45 - 18.15	SR 6 (Sowi) SR 6 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Thu 2016-06-02	10.00 - 17.15	UR 3 (Sowi) UR 3 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Fri 2016-06-03	10.00 - 17.15	UR 1 (Sowi) UR 1 (Sowi)	Barrier-free
Sat 2016-06-04	10.00 - 17.15	SR 8 (Sowi) SR 8 (Sowi)	Barrier-free