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SO 385 Social Theory

This survey of the contributions of major classical, modern and post-modern theorists is presented within their social and historic context. It considers works of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Freud, Parsons, Mead and Goffman, Habermas, Bourdieu as well as Appadurai, Butler, Hooks, Foucault, Baudrillard and Haraway and other theorists. The course reviews critiques and elaborations of the theories and assesses their influences on contemporary thought in the social sciences and humanities.

Prerequisite: SO 101 .