The course aims at providing the main conceptual and methodological tools for the analysis and interpretation of the sociological phenomena characterizing modern and contemporary societies.
Course Content - Last names M-Z
This course is an introduction to Sociology, which covers the major issues explored by sociology and provides students with conceptual and methodological tools to analyze and interpret contemporary society.
1) Croteau D., Hoynes W., Sociologia generale. Temi, concetti, strumenti, Mc Graw Hill Education, 2015
2) Giovannini P. (a cura di), Teorie sociologiche alla prova, Firenze University Press, Introduzione, cap. 1 "Comunità e società: una dicotomia non dicotomica", cap. 5 "Conflitto e integrazione sociale: il caso della guerra fredda", cap. 6 "Fare e usare il tempo"
[i singoli capitoli sono acquistabili on line sulla piattaforma Torrossa: http://store.torrossa.it/pages/ipplatform/itemDetails.faces]
3) Pleae, choose one of the following texts:
Banfield E. C. Le basi morali di una società arretrata, Bologna, il Mulino, 2010
Bauman Z., La società dell'incertezza, Bologna, il Mulino, 1999.
Beck, U. , Che cos'è la globalizzazione-Rischi e prospettive della società planetaria, Roma, Carocci, 1999.
Bendix R., Lavoro e autorità nell'industria, Etas Kompas,1973
Boudon R., Il senso dei valori, Bologna, il Mulino, 2000
Coser L. Le funzioni del conflitto sociale, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1967
Dahrendorf R., Il conflitto sociale nella modernità, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1989
Elias N., La società degli individui, Bologna, il Mulino, 1990
Elias N., Strategie dell'esclusione, Bologna, il Mulino, 2004
Giddens, A. Le conseguenze della modernità, Bologna, il Mulino, 1994
Goffman E., Asylums. Le istituzioni totali, Torino, Einaudi, 1980
Hirschmann A., Felicità privata e felicità pubblica, Bologna, il Mulino, 2003
Mills Ch. W., L'immaginazione sociologica, Milano, il Saggiatore, 1959
Mills, Ch.W. L'élite del potere, Milano, Feltrinelli, 1986
Riesman, D. La folla solitaria, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1999.
Sennett, R. L'uomo flessibile, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2000.
Simmel G., Le metropoli e la vita dello spirito, Armando, 2000 + Simmel G., Sull'intimità, Armando 1998+ Simmel G., La socievolezza, Armando, 1997
T.H. Marshall Cittadinanza e classe sociale, Bari, Laterza, 2002
Thomas W.I., Znanieczcki F., Il contadino polacco in Europa e in America, Milano, Ed. Comunità, 1968
Touraine A., La società post-industriale, Bologna, il Mulino, 1974
Veblen Th., La teoria della classe agiata, Torino, Einaudi, 2007
Weber M., Il lavoro intellettuale come professione, Torino, Einaudi, 2001
Weber M., L'etica protestante e lo spirito del capitalismo, BUR, Rizzoli, 2009
Learning Objectives - Last names A-L
Students will be able to define the basic concepts and theoretical approaches of sociological analysis as well as tmethodological tools of analysis.
At the end of the course students will be able to use sociological terminology and apply sociological categories to social phenomena as well as using the basic principles of methods and techniques of empirical research.
Learning Objectives - Last names M-Z
KNOWLEDGE: definition of the basic concepts for sociological analysis, regarding to the main themes and issues of the discipline. Identification of the most important approaches regarding to theory and methodology.
SKILLS: development of skills to analyze the contemporary society. Development of critical thinking, as well of writing and oral skills regarding to sociological topics.
FINAL CAPACITY: an appropriate use of the sociological language and reasoning, as well of the main research methods and of the most important techniques to gather information/data.
Prerequisites - Last names A-L
Students are suggested to have a good knowledge of the Italian language, for foreign students B1 level.
Prerequisites - Last names M-Z
Good knowledge of the Italian language, attitude to the critical analysis of social phenomena. Ability to generalize and theoretical abstraction skills based on personal experience.
Teaching Methods - Last names A-L
Lectures, seminars, workshops, exercises by Connect (Mc Graw Hill) and moodle (unifi E-learning), films, meetimg with guest teachers.
Teaching Methods - Last names M-Z
Lectures and exercises.
3rdModule: Lectures and exercises by moodle (unifi E-learning)
Further information - Last names A-L
Some guest teachers will tackle some of the most important topics of the course.
A class web site will be available.
Further information - Last names M-Z
The course includes activities by other teachers and researchers.
Type of Assessment - Last names A-L
At the end of the second module, students are required to sit for a written exam, made up of open questions .
Final assessment: oral exam.
Course program - Last names A-L
Introduction to sociological theory and its definition in relation to other social sciences.
The main paradigms for interpretating modern and contemporary societies. The social research and its tools.
Forms of interactions (relations, groups and organizations; community and society).
The culture (time).
Differentiation, unequality and conflict (stratification, social classes and global inequalities, migrations, gender).
Social reproduction (Families and socialization processes, deviance).
Economy and society (work, production, media and consume).
Social change.