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- the_practice_of_social_theory
- ====== The practice of social theory ====== [RS: This may need some updating. Thoughts?] This is a diffi... ng called into question. Generally speaking, the social sciences developed in the West in a period in whi... ansformation of society itself. It was the job of social scientists to understand and explain why this tra... en as an expression of this modernity. Scientific social theory was a sign that society was becoming consc
- plan
- 5 | Introduction to the seminar: The relevance of social theory | | |\\ | 2 | Mar 3 | The material conditi... (2009) |\\ | 3 | Mar 10 | The rationality of the social actor | Weber ([1904] 1946) | Brenner (1996); Ger... nd Winant (2014) |\\ | 6 | Mar 31 | Exchange as a social, not economic, fact | Mauss ([1925] 1990) | Piot (1999) |\\ | 7 | Apr 7 | Sex and gender as social constructs and social process | Rubin (1975) | |\
- about_this_seminar
- -purpose survey of theories of society. As I am a social and cultural anthropologist, I have a tendency to... n the subtle and imponderable aspects of people’s social existence. Yet ultimately, and like all social scientists, I want to ask big questions about the human co... join with me and your fellow students in various social sciences in a discussion about what it means to b
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- * | ryan.schram@sydney.edu.au |\\ ^ **Office:** | Social Sciences Building 410 (A02) |\\ ^ **Office hours:... nge. It has evolved into a more general survey of social theory which is relevant to any advanced social scientific inquiry. In many postgraduate social science programs students devote themselves to the study
- essay
- out, that is, what is the larger significance for social science in general, and how does it reflect the l... ibrary and find a published academic article in a social science journal which presents empirical data about a social phenomenon and attempts to explain it or interpret it. The social sciences are very diverse in both subject matter
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- . “Conclusion: From Society to Collective—Can the Social Be Reassembled?” In //Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory//, 247–62. Oxford:... k of Tracing Associations.” In //Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory//, 1–17.... e in the Form of a Dialog.” In //Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network Theory//, 141–5
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- ====== Week 9: Social remittances ====== Tuesday, April 28, 2020 **Required readings:** Levitt (1998), L... ====== References ====== Levitt, Peggy. 1998. “Social Remittances: Migration Driven Local-Level Forms o... Levitt, Peggy, and Deepak Lamba-Nieves. 2011. “Social Remittances Revisited.” //Journal of Ethnic and M
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- ====== Durkheim, Emile. (1895) 1966. “"What Is a Social Fact" and "Rules for the Observation of Social Facts".” In //The Rules of the Sociological Method//, edit
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- ====== Week 7: Sex and gender as social constructs and social process ====== Tuesday, April 7, 2020 **Required reading:** Rubin (1975) ======
- 6916guide
- s_seminar|About this seminar]], [[the_practice_of_social_theory|The practice of social theory]], [[plan|Summary of topics and readings]], [[:the_key_tasks_of_coll
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- 1: Introduction to the seminar: The relevance of social theory ====== Tuesday, February 25, 2020 {{page
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- ====== Week 3: The rationality of the social actor ====== Tuesday, March 10, 2020 **Required reading:**
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- ====== Week 6: Exchange as a social, not economic, fact ====== Tuesday, March 31, 2020 **Required readin
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- ====== Week 13: What is social theory for? ====== Tuesday, May 26, 2020 {{page>6916guide}}
- take-home_writing_assignment
- questions about the major ideas of the classical social thinkers and the authors of the other writings we