课程介绍

 

　　ThisMassiveOpenOnlineCourse(MOOC)willoffertheparticipantsanintroductionintothemostimportantclassicalsociologicalreadingsbetweenthe18thand20thcentury.Highlyinfluentialsocialsciencescholars,suchasKarlMarx,MaxWeberandEmileDurkheim,willbediscussedduring8sessions.Combinedwithsmalltests,basedonthevideo’sandrecommendedreadings,theparticipantswillbeencouragedtodivedeeplyintothecomplextextsandgetfamiliarwithclassicalsociologicalconceptsthatarestillveryrelevanttoday.

 

　　课程目录

 

　　1ClassicalSociologicalTheory-AnIntroduction

 

　　1.1Whatisthiscourseabout

 

　　1.2ImplicitTheoriesinEverydayLife

 

　　1.3WhatisSociologicalTheory

 

　　1.4FoundingFathers

 

　　1.5SociologyintheModernIndustrialAge

 

　　1.6LinkingClassicaltoContemporaryTheories

 

　　1.7TheSociologicalTheoreticalField

 

　　1.8AimsandClaimsofthisCourse

 

　　2BernardMandeville(1670-1733)andAdamSmith(1723-1790)

 

　　2.1TheFableoftheBees

 

　　2.2TheInvisibleHand

 

　　2.3TheDivisionofLabour

 

　　2.4TheWealthofNations

 

　　2.5ExchangeandSelf-interest

 

　　2.6SocialStratification

 

　　2.7TheImportanceofAdamSmith

 

　　3AugusteComte(1798-1857)

 

　　3.1ReligiousandScientificKnowledge

 

　　3.2TheLawoftheThreeStagesoftheHumanMind

 

　　3.3SociologyasaMeanstoEstablishSocialHarmony

 

　　3.4TheLawoftheClassificationofSciences

 

　　3.5ReligiousThoughtasStartingPoint

 

　　3.6Comte’sReligionofHumanity

 

　　3.7EarlyFunctionalism

 

　　3.8TheImportanceofAugusteComte

 

　　4AlexisdeTocqueville(1805-1859)

 

　　4.1TocquevilleasaPrecursorofModernSociology

 

　　4.2AnAristocraticPerspective

 

　　4.3OnDemocratisation

 

　　4.4TheDominanceoftheMiddle-Class

 

　　4.5TheDangersofCentralisation

 

　　4.6GrassrootsPoliticsastheHeartofDemocracy

 

　　4.7‘RevolutionsWillBecomeRare’

 

　　4.8Tocqueville’sPredictions

 

　　5KarlMarx(1818-1883)

 

　　5.1TheUnexpectedForceofSocialThought

 

　　5.2EconomicChainsofInterdependency

 

　　5.3HomoFaber

 

　　5.4Alienation

 

　　5.5ClassStruggle

 

　　5.6CaughtintheCapitalistSystem

 

　　5.7ClassConsciousness

 

　　5.8Marx’sPredictions

 

　　6?mileDurkheim(1858-1917)

 

　　6.1EstablishingaNewScience

 

　　6.2MechanicandOrganicSolidarity

 

　　6.3SocialFacts

 

　　6.4Suicide,aSociologicalStudy

 

　　6.5EgoisticandAltruisticSuicide

 

　　6.6AnomicandFatalisticSuicide

 

　　6.7TheElementaryFormsofReligiousLife

 

　　6.8TheSocialFunctionsofReligion

 

　　7MaxWeber(1864-1920)

 

　　7.1Value-FreeSociology

 

　　7.2UnderstandingSocialAction

 

　　7.3TheIdealType

 

　　7.4MethodologicalIndividualism

 

　　7.5TheFourIdealTypesofSocialAction

 

　　7.6TheThreeIdealTypesofAuthority

 

　　7.7Rationalisation

 

　　7.8TheProtestantEthicandTheSpiritofCapitalism

 

　　8NorbertElias(1897-1990)

 

　　8.1TheLastoftheGreatClassicSociologists

 

　　8.2IntroductiontotheCivilizingProcess

 

　　8.3TheSocialConstraintTowardsSelf-Constraint

 

　　8.4TheConditionsofCivilisation

 

　　8.5TheImportanceofNorbertElias

 

　　8.6ABaseforContemporaryStudies

 

　　8.7FigurationalProcesses

 

　　8.8ClassicalSociologicalTheories:aFocusonLongTermTrends