SY2023 - Contested Knowledge: the Development of Social Theory
[Offered in even-numbered years, however not offered in Townsville in 2006]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
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Social theory is a field within which models of the nature, structure and destiny of advanced societies have been developed, communicated and contested. This subject traces the development of modern social theory from its confident Enlightenment origins to the uncertainties of the present day. It will examine the birth of sociology as a response to modernisation and industrialisation, the rise of Fascism and Communism and sociological responses to the contemporary challenges facing Western capitalist civilisation. Attention will be focussed on the enduring work of key figures such as Marx, Parsons and Foucault, placing them in their historical and intellectual contexts.
Learning Outcomes
- apply concepts and arguments drawn from social theory to contemporary social issues;
- formulate critical appraisals of arguments in social theory;
- identify key figures, schools and themes in modern and contemporary social theory;
- understand major lines of development in social theory.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | SY3023 |
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| Census Date 08-Sep-2006 | |
| Coord/Lect: | psjec. |
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| Assessment: | (50%); (10%); (10%); (30%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.