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Teacher(s)

Zitouni Benedikte;

Language

French

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

Distinguish between the major currents of sociology as it is practiced today. He or she will be familiar with several founding texts and the theses presented by some of the discipline's key authors. He or she will be able to recognize the scientific and political stakes involved in any sociological research and, in turn, begin to use the tools of sociology to make sense of current events and, more generally, of social phenomena.

Content

The course is divided into two parts. The first part is the introduction to the field taught by the professor throughout the Fall Term (13 weeks, from September to December). The second part is a series of applied sessions where the assistant (sometimes with the professor) discusses with the students and confronts the theoretical contents to current affairs.

During the introduction, the professor presents the founders of the discipline i.e. those that are referred to today (Emile Durkheim, Max Weber and the Chicago School). Next, she presents more recent theoretical endeavors that shape the field: critical sociology (Pierre Bourdieu, Lo茂c Wacquant, and others), symbolic interactionism (Howard Becker, Goffman, and others) and actor-network-theory (Antoine Hennion, Bruno Latour, and others). Each time, the lecturer points at the paradigmatic as well as the conceptual choices made by the authors that are being discussed.

Overall, through both conceptual exploration and application to current affairs, the course aims to familiarise聽students with : the ways in which social backgrounds shape individual trajectories, the impact of historical and collective genealogies as well as the persistence of class inequalities. The course must also allow students to find their way and learn to differentiate several processes and mechanisms of exclusion such as norm-imprinting, institutionalisation of inherited values, social reproduction, stigmatisation, disqualification of some practices over others, amongst others.

Teaching methods

Lectures on the on the hand during which students must take note. Current affair sessions on the other hand which will favour, as much as possible, discussion with the students. Overall,聽developments will be made by the lecturer and the asscitant in order to tackle issues and questions raised by the students.

Evaluation methods

Closed-book exam.聽

Other information

This is a French-taught course.

Bibliography

Except茅s le syllabus et le visionnage de documentaires ou lecture de faits d'actualit茅 pr茅vus par le cours, il est fortement encourag茅 aux 茅tudiant路e路s de s'int茅resser 脿 des essais et prises de position r茅dig茅es par des intellectuel路le路s et/ou chercheur路e路s universitaires. En voici quelques-uns qui ont 茅t茅 abord茅s dans le cours, ces derni猫res ann茅es:聽

Mona Chollet, Beaut茅 fatale, 2012; Virginie Despentes, King Kong Th茅orie, Paris, Grasset, 2006 ; Silvia Federici, Le capitalisme patriarcal, Paris, La Fabrique 茅ditions, 2019 ; Amandine Gay, Une poup茅e en chocolat, Paris, 茅ditions La D茅couverte, 2021 ; Donna Haraway, Manifeste des esp猫ces compagnes, Paris, Flammarion, 2019 ; Andreas Malm, Comment saboter un pipeline, Paris, La Fabrique 茅ditions, 2020 ; Fran莽oise Verg猫s, Un f茅minisme d茅colonial, Paris, Fabrique 茅ditions, 2019.

Pour ceux et celles qui souhaitent consulter un manuel en biblioth猫que, ils peuvent s鈥檈n r茅f茅rer 脿 : Luc Van Campenhoudt, Introduction 脿 l鈥檃nalyse des ph茅nom猫nes sociaux, Bruxelles, Dunod, 2007. Par ailleurs, des extraits des textes classiques pr茅sent茅s au cours seront mise 脿 disposition via l鈥檌nterface Moodle.

Teaching materials

• Sociologie - Syllabus - Support pour le cours magistral

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