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Foundations of Modern Social Thought (SOCY 151) Yale

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This course provides an overview of major works of social thought from the beginning of the modern era through the 1920s. Attention is paid to social and intellectual contexts, conceptual frameworks and methods, and contributions to contemporary social analysis. Writers include Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim.

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Language: English

Professors: Michael Williams

Units: 25

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Lec 1. Introduction
Lec 2. Hobbes: Authority, Human Rights and Social Order
Lec 3. Locke: Equality, Freedom, Property and the Right to Dissent
Lec 4. The Division of Powers- Montesquieu
Lec 5. Rousseau: Popular Sovereignty and General Will
Lec 6. Rousseau on State of Nature and Education
Lec 7. Utilitarianism and Liberty, John Stuart Mill
Lec 8. Smith: The Invisible Hand
Lec 9. Marx's Theory of Alienation
Lec 10. Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism (1)
Lec 11. Marx's Theory of Historical Materialism (cont.)
Lec 12. Marx's Theory of History
Lec 13. Marx's Theory of Class and Exploitation
Lec 14. Nietzsche on Power, Knowledge and Morality
Lec 15. Freud on Sexuality and Civilization
Lec 16. Weber on Protestantism and Capitalism
Lec 17. Conceptual Foundations of Weber's Theory of Domination
Lec 18. Weber on Traditional Authority
Lec 19. Weber on Charismatic Authority
Lec 20. Weber on Legal-Rational Authority
Lec 21. Weber's Theory of Class
Lec 22. Durkheim and Types of Social Solidarity
Lec 23. Durkheim's Theory of Anomie
Lec 24. Durkheim on Suicide
Lec 25. Durkheim and Social Facts

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