Sociological Theory Spring 2003

Stephen Adair

This page may be revised over the semester.                                            

Office:  304 Maria Sanford Hall; 832-2979 or 2-2979 from on campus

List of on-line reading assignments:

Marx: The Manifesto of the Communist Party

Marx: "On Estranged Labour"

Marx: Introduction to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (only opening paragraphs are assigned)

Durkheim: On anomie

Durkheim: Excerpts on Religion from The Elementary Forms of Religious Life

Weber: Excerpts from The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Coser: "American Trends"

Mead: Sections 20, 21, and 22 from Mind, Self and Society

Goffman: Excerpts from "On Deference and Demeanor"

Adorno and Horkheimer: "The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception"

Syllabus, Assignments, Websites and Other Materials

        Syllabus.  The syllabus includes links to specific theorists and the links to the electronic sources.

        Essay Questions  

        Reading List Assignments

       How to Put References in Your Essays

       A list of my editorial symbols and comments I use to correct your papers.

      Websites

• socio-site  This is THE web site for sociology and social Theory.

• Theory An interesting introduction and some good links.

• Classical & Contemporary Social Theory A comprehensive sampling.

• The Marx/Engels Internet Archive  The complete works on line! Also some biographical info.

• The Red Feather Institute Offers an interesting collection of materials.  

• Anyone interested in studies of The Power Elite or studying the interconnections among the corporate class might want to take a look at TheyRule.  A website that allows you to create interlocking maps based on corporate maps of Fortune 100 companies.