Syllabus

Course Code: M-SOCC-007    Course Name: Advanced Social Theory Trends

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Integrative genre Social Theory-I:
1. Micro Foundation of Macro Sociology (Collins.)
2. Neo-functionalism (Jaffrey C.Alexander)
3. Social Construction of Reality (Berger &Luckman)
4. Integrative Paradigm(Ritzer)
2 Integrative genre Social Theory-II:
1. Duality of Agency and Structure (Giddens.)
2. Habitus and Field (Bourdieu, P.)
3. Life World and System (Habermas, J.)
3 Synthesis in Sociological Theory:
1. Network Theory (Burt &others)
2. Rational Choice Theory (Coleman, J. Elster)
3. Feminist Theory (Dorothy, Patricia Collins)
4 Post Modern Scenario:
1. Decline of Grand Narrative(Lyotard)
2. Hyperreal World(Baudrillard)
3. Truth and Knowledge(Foucault)
4. Post –Feminist Theory (JudithButler)
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