Class Theories of Sociology I

Understand the emergence of the Social and Human Sciences, in time and space; To be able to recognize the approaches and problems  related to the main classical works; Introduce students to theorethical social thinking - reasoning and reflection; To know the epistemological foundations of social theory (from the common sense to the sociological reasoning), through the analysis of the main theoretical contributions of the classics; To have effective capacity from the authors in bibliographical reference; To stimulate the capacity of this critical and analytical reflection, with the debate of ideas with all the students; Understand the relationship between the theory produced and, in each time and in each space, the empirical research in the field of social sciences and, in particular of social work.

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Sociological theory,social theory and social science; Sociology and Social Work; Analysis of the social, political and economic context focused in the emergence of Social Sciences;  Emergence of positivism and previous theoretical foundation, objectified in the scientific knowledge; Analysis of classics of Social Sciences and Sociology:the social evolucionism of H. Spencer; the positive tradition of A. Comte and E. Durkheim, in particulary, the rules of  sociological method as empirical procedures to analyse the social facts; The comprehensive tradition of Max Weber, focusing on social interaction, representation and power of  a c t o r s  i n  t h e  d e t e r m i n a t i o n  o f  s o c i a l  a c t i o n . The historical materialism of Karl Marx, social inequalities and class interests in the determination of social action.  

Debates of the relevance of some themes analyzed by classical sociology authors in contemporary societies.

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