Sociology 317ST - Topics in Contemporary Social Thought: 'Cultural Sociology and Contemporary Theory'

This seminar examines topics in cultural sociology and contemporary social theory. The first part of the class asks: How do we imagine social things? The second part of the class reviews the history of social theory with a focus on the multiple crises of the modernity narrative, and various attempts to resolve these crises. The final third of the class poses the question of how to analyze culture and "do" social theory.

Prereq: SOCI-223 and 4 additional credits in Sociology.