LEARNING OUTCOMES

The primary objective of this course is to awaken students’ sociological imagination, by helping them to see how social forces and social environments affect human behaviors in multiple and complex ways. Beginning with an examination of core sociological ideas on how societies are organized and the inherent strengths and problems within different social arrangements, the class then explores these sociological principles through concrete studies

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Knowledge and understanding of the fundamental concepts and principles of general sociology; applying knowledge and understanding of the fundamental concepts and principles of sociology to analyze the organization of societies; ability to examine with scientific methods socio-cultural phenomena; disciplinary communication skills; ability to understand classical problems of sociology.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

-          Sociological inquiry and models of society;

-          Cultural and social functions of sociology;

-          Logic of inquiry in sociology;

-          The structure of social action; individual and social systems;

-          Basic social systems in modern societies;

-          Globalization and world society.

-          The social construction of reality.

-          Youth Studies.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Required literature:

First part

David Croteau, William Hoynes, Sociologia generale. Temi, concetti, strumenti, Milano, McGraw-Hill, (qualsiasi edizione)

Paolo Jedlowski, Il mondo in questione. Introduzione alla storia del pensiero sociologico, Milano, Carocci.

Monographic 

choose one of the texts

Vincenza Pellegrino, Futuri possibili. Il domani nelle scienze sociali, Verona, ombrecorte.

Luisa Stagi, Sebastiano Benasso, Aggiungi un selfie a tavola, Milano Egea.

Elisa Giomi, Sveva Magaraggia, Relazioni brutali. Genere e violenza nella cultura mediale, Bologna, Il Mulino

Further readings will be shared on Aulaweb.