Readings: (I can provide you readings & Notes on most of the readings)
Direct quotes from course materials ONLY & must draw from at least two different course readings.
Sociological method
Emile Durkheim. 1895. Chapter I: What is a Social Fact? & Chapter II: Rules for the Observation of Social Facts & Chapter III: Ruels for the Distinction of the Normal from the Pathological. The Rules of Sociological Method. Trans. W.D. Halls. New York: Free Press. Pgs. 20-68.
Functionalism: Social Integration & Conflict
mile Durkheim. 1893. On Mechanical and Organic Solidarity. In Peter Kivisto. Social Theory: Roots and Branches. 5th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pgs. 39-43.
Talcott Parsons. 1951. The Subsystems of Society. In Kivisto. Pgs. 205-10.
Lewis Coser. 1956. The Functions of Social Conflict. In Kivisto. Pgs. 211-14.
Functionalism: Weberian Antipositivism and Rational Authority
Max Weber. 1904. Objectivity in Social Science. From The Methodology of the Social Sciences. In Craig Calhoun et al., eds. Classical Sociological Theory. 3rd edition. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Pgs. 273-79.
Max Weber. 1922. Bureaucracy. From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology. In Calhoun, 328-38.
Weberian Authority II: The Regulatory Impacts of Culture, the Origins of Capital, and Underclass Theory
Max Weber. 1905. The Spirit of Capitalism. In Calhoun, 291-309
Marx I: Dialectical Materialism and the Other Origin of Capital
Karl Marx. 1859. Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy. The German Ideology. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. Pgs. 1-23.
Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels. 1845. The German Ideology. In Calhoun, Pgs. 142-45.
Karl Marx. 1867. Chapter 26: The Secret of Primitive Accumulation and Chapter 27: The Expropriation of the Agricultural Population from the Land. Capital Vol. 1. Pgs. 873-895.
Karl Marx. 1867. The General Formula for Capital. In Peter Kivisto. Pgs. 33-37.
Marx II: The State – A Marxist Critique of Weber
Antonio Gramsci. 1947/1971. State and Civil Society. Selections from the Prison Notebooks. Quintin Hoare & Geoggrey Nowell Smith, trans. New York: International Publishers. Pgs. Tbd.
Marx II: The State – A Marxist Critique of Positivism/ An Existentialist Critique of Marxism
Theodor Adorno. 1968. Lectures 6-9. Introduction to Sociology. Edmund Jephcott, trans. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Pgs. 44-79.
Simone de Beauvoir. 1947. Ambiguity and Freedom. The Ethics of Ambiguity. Bernard Frechtman, trans. New York: Open Road Media. Pgs. 5-37.
Imperialism: Repeating the Original Sin of Capitalism
Hannah Arendt. 1948. The Political Emancipation of the Bourgeoisie. The Origins of Totalitarianism. New York: Harcourt, Inc. Pgs. 123-57.
Aim Csaire. 1955. Discourse on Colonialism. New York: Monthly Review Press. Pgs. 31-53.
Imperialism: A Critical Race Perspective on Functionalism
Frantz Fanon. 1963. On Violence. The Wretched of the Earth. Trans. Richard Philcox. New York: Grove Press. Pgs. tbd.
W.E.B. Du Bois. 1903. Of Our Spiritual Strivings & Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others. The Souls of Black Folk. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pgs. 7-14 & 32-44.
Rubric:
Things to pay attention to in your writing:
The introductory paragraph should identify what you will be analysing, why it is important, and must have a clear thesis (what you will argue) rather than just a topic.
Each paragraph should clarify a single idea sufficiently, with evidence drawn from the text to support your claims (you are encouraged to use direct citations).
The overall structure of your essay should be coherent, with an integrated discussion leading from one paragraph to the next. You can do a compare and contrast style of essay, if interested, but beware of tangents as you likely do not have space for them.
The overall significance of the works you are examining should be clearly articulated.
That is, what is important about the work you are analysing in terms of your chosen field of theoretical study?
Formatting Requirements:
Use CMS citation style, with either in text or footnote citations. Endnotes are a product of the devil and should never be used, and APA is just the worst.
Include a bibliography at the end of your essay.
Include your name, student #, the date, & course number on the top left of the 1 st page.
Do not centre or justify your text.
Include a title for your essay.
Double space your work.
Insert a header or footer with your name and the page number.
Use default font (Times New Roman), font size (12), and standard margins.
Use of subheaders to organize your essay is recommended. A subheader (Google it if necessary) should unify a minimum of 2-3 pages of work (hint: do not put a subheader for a paragraph).
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