408002 VO Sociological Perspectives and Approaches 2: Contemporary Society
summer semester 2022 | Last update: 06.05.2024 | Place course on memo listCurr. 2021 § 5 (1) 1: Students learn to take up the sociological perspective. They acquire the ability to explain the theories and history of sociology as the science that analyses social action multidimensional, i.e. not limited to one section of human coexistence such as economy, politics or science. They can scientifically, i.e. theoretically, analyse current social, cultural, economic and political developments and evaluate them critically using current examples of social actors, institutions and processes.
Sociology trains sociological imagination. It analyses human action fundamentally because it also considers the constitution of human “subjectivity” itself. It is not limited to a sub-field of societal activities, such as the economy, the field of work, law, culture or politics. All parts of society and their interplay are its object of research:
Object: How does personal identity emerge? How does social order emerge? Why is everyone suddenly striving for "self-optimisation"? Is there still social inequality? What does neoliberal globalisation mean for the world of work? How do you fabricate a "financial crisis"? Why are people voting for extreme parties again? And why is talk of "religion", "gender", "ethnicity" not decreasing - but increasing?
Theory: Sociology thinks relationally. To research its subject matter, it needs both: theory and empirical inquiry. It uses theory for analysing the hidden mechanisms that produce society (and subjects). With empirical research methods, it lays its ear to human practice in society. Together, it offers the sociological view.
In this introductory course, participants understand social actors and institutions, social structures, and processes. The lecture offers an overview of fundamental problems and ideas of sociology as well as their conditions of origin and their history. It explains ways of thinking, shows perspectives and challenges the participants in many discussions to practise the sociological view on many examples from everyday life experiences and economic, political and cultural processes.
After introducing the completely new, no longer state-centred, no longer philosophical, no longer historical view of a historically new form of society, decomposed into macro-sociological "structures" and micro-sociological "actions" (PART ONE), which was theoretically founded by the classics of sociology (Marx, Weber, Durkheim; Adorno; Freud, Mead), this lecture (LV Nr. 408 002) deals with the following under the title "Contemporary Society" (PART TWO) (a) questions of social inequality (Bourdieu, Beck) - the once again topical basic theme of sociology -, (b) of capitalist globalisation (Wallerstein) and neoliberal "art of governing people" (Foucault: governmentality) as well as postmodern and feminist interpretations of culture, and therein what constitutes university scholarship in the first place: the fascinating reflection on the (c) construction of all knowledge.
lecture & discussion
Bourdieu, Pierre. 1984. Distinction. A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Bröckling, Ulrich. 2016. The entrepreneurial self: fabricating a new type of
subject, London: Sage.
Butler, Judith. 2019. Gender trouble
Foucault, Michel. 2008. The Birth of Biopolitics. Lectures at the Collège de France 1978-1979
Sociologically inspired literature:
Eribon, Didier. 2016. Return to Reims (autobiography)
Ohde, Deniz. 2020. Streulicht. Roman. Berlin: Suhrkamp
Berg, Sibylle. 2019. GRM: Brainfuck. 3. Aufl., Köln: Kiepenheuer (does it exist?)
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- Faculty of Business and Management
- Bachelor's Programme Management and Economics according to the Curriculum 2007 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)
- Diploma Programme International Economic and Business Studies according to the study programme of 2001 (240 ECTS-Credits, 8 semesters)
- Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
- Bachelor's Programme Sociology according to the curriculum 2007 (180 ECTS-Credits, 6 semesters)
- Studies Induction and Orientation Stage (relevant course examinations)
- Compulsory Modules (150 ECTS-Credits)
- Minors (Complementary Subject Areas) (30 ECTS-Credits)
- Faculty of Economics and Statistics
- Interdisciplinary and additional courses
- Minors (Complementary Subject Area)
- SDG 1 - No poverty: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
- SDG 4 - Quality education: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
- SDG 5 - Gender equality: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
- SDG 10 - Reducing inequalities: Reduce income inequality within and among countries.
- SDG 16 - Peace, justice and strong institutions: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
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Tue 2022-05-17
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
Thu 2022-05-19
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
Tue 2022-05-24
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
Tue 2022-05-31
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
Thu 2022-06-02
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
Tue 2022-06-07
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
Tue 2022-06-14
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
Tue 2022-06-21
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
Thu 2022-06-23
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
Tue 2022-06-28
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | 1. Klausur |
Thu 2022-06-30
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | |
Tue 2022-10-04
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12.00 - 13.45 | Aula (Sowi) Aula (Sowi) | Barrier-free | 2. Klausur |
Fri 2022-11-18
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08.00 - 09.45 | HS 1 (Sowi) HS 1 (Sowi) | Barrier-free | 3. Klausur |