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SOCIOLOGY

Domenico MADDALONI SOCIOLOGY

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DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE, SOCIALI E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE
POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
2015/2016



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1080LESSONS
DOMENICO MADDALONI T Curriculum
Objectives
TO TRANSMIT CONCEPTUAL TOOLS FOR THE SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD TO THE STUDENTS.
Contents
1. MAIN CONCEPTS OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL THINKING: FREEDOM AND DEPENDENCE. SOCIAL GROUPS. COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATION. GIFT AND EXCHANGE. CHOICE AND POWER. SELF-PRESERVATION AND DUTY. STATE AND NATION. NATURE AND CULTURE. ORDER AND CHAOS. EVERYDAY LIFE. PATHS AND MEANINGS OF SOCIOLOGY.
2. MAIN ASPECTS IN THE HISTORY OF SOCIOLOGY: POSITIVISM AND COMTE. DEMOGRAPHY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY FOR MALTHUS. THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION: DARWIN. THE EVOLUTIONISM: SPENCER. HISTORICAL MATERIALISM: MARX AND ENGELS. GERMAN HISTORICISM. VERSTEHEN SOCIOLOGY AND HISTORY: WEBER. SIMMEL'S SOCIOLOGY. FROM POSITIVISM TO FUNCTIONALISM: DURKHEIM. DEVELOPMENTS OF FUNCTIONALISM: MALINOWSKI AND RADCLIFFE-BROWN. DEVELOPMENTS OF EVOLUTIONISM IN SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY. THE CHICAGO SCHOOL. SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONALISM: PARSONS AND MERTON.
3. SOCIOLOGICAL THINKING AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: CONFLICTS AND MOVEMENTS. DEVIANCE. INEQUALITIES AND POVERTY. ECONOMY AND WORK. EUROPE. YOUTH. GLOBALIZATION. ITALY. LEISURE AND SPORT. MIGRATION. RELIGION. RISK. SCIENCE. KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY. STATE. WELFARE.
4. OPTIONAL SECTION: THEORETICAL INSIGHTS.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES. EXERCISES AT THE END OF EACH SECTION OF THE PROGRAM.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS IN AN TALK ON THE COURSE CONTENTS. PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISES (WITH ATTRIBUTION OF VOTING) THAT PRODUCE EXEMPTION FROM A PART OF THE REVIEW PROGRAM IS OPTIONAL.
Texts
1. Z. BAUMAN, PENSARE SOCIOLOGICAMENTE, IPERMEDIUM, NAPOLI, 1999: 1-225.
2. D. MADDALONI, VISIONI IN MOVIMENTO. TEORIE DELL'EVOLUZIONE E SCIENZE SOCIALI DALL'ILLUMINISMO AD OGGI, FRANCOANGELI, MILANO, 2011: 30-38; 44-53; 63-72; 77-88; 92-128; 135-145; 152-160; 173-182.
3. D. MADDALONI, A CURA DI, IL MONDO CONTEMPORANEO. UN LESSICO SOCIOLOGICO, IPERMEDIUM LIBRI, S. MARIA CAPUA VETERE (CE), 2012: 1-232.
4. UN TESTO A SCELTA TRA I SEGUENTI:
A) L. BIFULCO, RITUALE DELL'INTERAZIONE E CONFLITTO. UN'INTRODUZIONE ALLA SOCIOLOGIA DI RANDALL COLLINS, IPERMEDIUM LIBRI, S. MARIA CAPUA VETERE (CE), 2010: 1-180.
B) A. G. KELLER, DIVERSITÀ E SELEZIONE NEL MUTAMENTO SOCIOCULTURALE. UNA SOCIOLOGIA DARWINIANA, A CURA DI D. MADDALONI, IPERMEDIUM LIBRI, S. MARIA CAPUA VETERE (CE), 2013: 1-160.
C) P. GUADARRAMA, D. MADDALONI (A CURA DI), LE ORIGINI DELLA SOCIOLOGIA IN AMERICA LATINA. LA SOCIOLOGIA DI EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS E DI ENRIQUE JOSÉ VARONA, IPERMEDIUM LIBRI, S. MARIA CAPUA VETERE (CE), FORTHCOMING.
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PART 3 OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE CARRIED OUT ALSO THROUGH SEMINARS WITH COLLEAGUES FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES.
PART 4 OF THE PROGRAM IS PURELY OPTIONAL.
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