Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Christopher Adair-Toteff
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Orga-Einheit: Communication & Cultural Management
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Social Theory
Semesterwochenstunden: 3
Credits: 4,0
Standort: Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 10 | 35
Anmeldegruppe: 10011 | 2.Sem.
Inhalte: Social Theory is designed as an introductory course in which students investigate a number of theories regarding society, social ideals, and social interactions. Social concepts to be examined will include community and society. Social ideals to be investigated will include bureaucratic and charismatic forms of “Herrschaften” as well as the impact of religious thinking on economic ethics and economic conduct. Social interactions to be evaluated will include the tension between past and future, authority and rebellion, and the role of culture in politics. The three major social thinkers considered here are Ferdinand Tönnies, Max Weber, and Hannah Arendt. These three represent diverse perspectives about social theory, from different time-frames, from different political values, and from different gender perspectives. As a result, the investigations into their thoughts about social theory should provide the student with a representative and relatively wide-range of perspectives.
Weitere Informationen zu den Prüfungsleistungen: -- Oral Component: class participation and reading assessments (50%). Reading assessments will be based upon the session’s readings and will include the students’ responses to the following four questions: 1) What do you think is the most important point about this reading? 2) What makes you think that is the most important point? 3) What do you think are the reading’s most significant strength and weakness? 4) What is your evaluation of this reading and what is it based upon? --Written component: eight page paper on approved topic (50%) . Due date of the paper will be determined during the semester.
Literatur: Tönnies, Ferdinand, Community and Society. Mineola New York: Dover Publications. 2002 Weber, Max, From Max Weber. Essays in Sociology. New York: Oxford University Press. 1946 Arendt, Hannah, Between Past and Future. New York: Penguin Books. 2006
