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230124 SE Selected Paradigms: Mead, Cooley and theSociology of the Chicago School (2018W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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max. 35 participants
Language: German

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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 04.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 11.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 18.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 25.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 08.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 15.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 22.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 29.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 06.12. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 13.12. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 10.01. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 17.01. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 24.01. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
Thursday 31.01. 09:00 - 10:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Based in pragmatist philosophy and the ideas of William Thomas (definition of the situation), Charles Cooley (looking glass self) and George Herbert Mead (generalized other), an autonomous sociological tradition has been established in the USA for which Herbert Blumer invented the label "symbolic interactionism". In the seminar we will investigate the conditions of symbolically mediated interaction by reading the works of Colley and Mead. In his lectures, published by W. Morris under the title "Mind, Self and Society", Mead did not only develop a theory of socialization and of society, but also a theory of democracy. Starting from these fundamental ideas we will discuss more recent developments as represented in the work of Howard Becker and David Matza or in the so called dramaturgical sociology in the wake of Irving Goffman.

Assessment and permitted materials

Commentary of a seminar text, presentation, seminar paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Presence and participation (30%)
Presentation (30%)
Seminar Paper (40%)

Examination topics

Reading list

George Herbert Mead, Mind Self, and Society, Univ. of Chicago Press 1934
Martin Bulmer, The Chicago School of Sociology. Univ. of Chicago Press 1984
Charles Cooley, Sociological theory and social research, Henry Holt 1930.
Howard Becker, Outsiders, Free Press 1966
Erving Goffman, Relations in Public, Basic Books 1971

Association in the course directory

in 505: BA T2 SE zu ausgewählten Paradigmen

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