GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

Knowledge of main sociological perspectives and of basic concepts and areas of inquiring in Sociology.

Development of sociological sensitivity, improvement of analytical and critical skills in order to understand social processes. Special focus will be placed on empirical dimension and methodology of social research.

The second part of the course will be devoted to the sociological perspective of Symbolic interactionism

Lectures, presentations, video projections.

Sociological imagination and knowledge of social reality

Paradigms of social sciences

The development of sociological thought

Social interaction and everyday life

Culture and communication processes

Social construction of self. Gender identity and gender roles.

Family, education and socialization agents

Deviance and social exclusion processes

Ethnic groups and migrations

Social classes and power dynamics

Work and organizational action

Religion and social ties

Symbolic interactionism: origins and methods of inquiring.

The three premises by Blumer.

Definition of the situation and reality construction

Role-taking and definition of self.

Reality transformations and defense mechanisms.

Texts:

• A. Giddens, P. W. Sutton, Fondamenti di Sociologia, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014, pp. 432.
• P. Corbetta, La ricerca sociale: metodologia e tecniche. Volume I. I Paradigmi di riferimento, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2015, pp. 176.
• R. Perrotta, Cornici, specchi e maschere. Interazionismo simbolico e comunicazione, Bologna, Clueb, 2005, pp. 174.

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.