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introduction to social theory

This class was created by Brainscape user Emma Lee Conyer. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Emma Lee Conyer
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Decks in this class (13)

Unit 1 - Intro to Social Theory
Social theory vs common sense,
Sociological imagination,
Naturwissenschaft vs geisteswisse...
3  cards
Unit 2 - Welcome to Modernity
Scientific revolution,
Human rights,
Ideology of progress
3  cards
Unit 3 - Durkheim and Weber
Social fact,
Rationalization,
Anomie
6  cards
Unit 4 - Marx and Simmel
Alienation,
Commodity fetishism,
Blase attitude
4  cards
Unit 5 - Frankfurt School
Culture industry,
Rationalization,
Instrumental reason
10  cards
Unit 6 - Foucault/Deleuze
Subjection,
Power,
Power knowledge
6  cards
Unit 7 - Bourdieu
Ideology of charisma,
Aesthetizing attitude,
Types of capital
6  cards
Unit 8 - Female Perspective
Standpoint theory,
Embodied knowledge,
Institutional ethnography
4  cards
Unit 9 - Critical Race Theory/Intersectionality
Double consciousness,
Whiteness as property,
White privilege
8  cards
Unit 10 - Globalization; Networks, Risk, Liquids
Space of flows,
Timeless time,
Switcher
12  cards
Unit 11 - McDonaldization
Sociology of consumption,
Mcdonaldization,
The irrationality of rationality
3  cards
Unit 12 - Dark Side of iRevolution
Neoliberalism,
Ethical consumption
2  cards
Unit 13 - Social Thoery and COVID-19
Cultural cognition theory,
Piacular rites,
Lyricism
4  cards

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