Theory Outlines
Caveat Emptor: These outlines are a supplement, not a replacement, for in-class Theory & discussion. They are neither comprehensive nor exhaustive.
Part I: The Founders of the Discipline
Theory 1:
Karl Marx
Theory 2:
Max Weber
Theory 3:
Emile Durkheim
Part 1: Overview & Division of Labor
Part 2: Durkheim & Suicide
Part 3: Durkheim & Religion -- The Elementary
Forms
Part II: Theory -- 30s through 50s
Theory 4:
Structural Functionalism/Talcott Parsons & Robert Merton
Part I: Functionalism & Durkheim
Part II: Mid-Twentieth Century Funtionalism
(Parsons & Merton)
Part III: Theory Since the Late 1950's-Early 1960's
Theory 5: Conflict Theory/C.
Wright Mills
Theory 6: Exchange
Theory/Peter Blau
Guest Lecturer: Martin Kozloff
Theory 7:
Symbolic Interactionism/G.H. Mead
Theory 8: Phenomenology &
Dramaturgy/Goffman
Theory 9:
Feminist
Theory/Guest Lecturer: Jess MacDonald
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