BA LV31 History and Sociology,
BA LV32 History and Sociology (Including Placement Year),
BA LV38 History and Sociology (Including Foundation Year),
BA LV3C History and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA LQ32 Literature and Sociology,
BA LQ33 Literature and Sociology (Including Placement Year),
BA LQ38 Literature and Sociology (Including Foundation Year),
BA QL23 Literature and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA LP33 Media and Digital Culture,
BA LP34 Media and Digital Culture (including Placement Year),
BA P300 Media and Digital Culture (Including Foundation Year),
BA PL33 Media and Digital Culture (including Year Abroad),
BA LV35 Philosophy and Sociology,
BA LV36 Philosophy and Sociology (Including Placement Year),
BA LV83 Philosophy and Sociology (Including Foundation Year),
BA VL53 Philosophy and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA VL58 Philosophy and Sociology (Including Foundation Year and Year Abroad),
BA CL83 Sociology with Social Psychology,
BA CL93 Sociology with Social Psychology (Including Placement Year),
BA CLV3 Sociology with Social Psychology (Including Year Abroad),
BA L2CS Social Sciences,
BA L2ES Social Sciences,
BA L300 Sociology,
BA L301 Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BA L304 Sociology (Including Foundation Year),
BA L306 Sociology (Including Placement Year),
BA LM38 Sociology and Criminology (Including Placement Year),
BA LM39 Sociology and Criminology,
BA LMH9 Sociology and Criminology (Including Year Abroad),
BA LMHX Sociology and Criminology (Including Foundation Year),
BA LL23 Sociology and Politics (Including Year Abroad),
BA LL24 Sociology and Politics (Including Placement Year),
BA LL32 Sociology and Politics,
BA L3J9 Sociology with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA L3M9 Sociology with Human Rights,
BA LMJ9 Sociology with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA LCJ8 Sociology with Psychosocial Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA LJ8C Sociology with Psychosocial Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA LJC8 Sociology with Psychosocial Studies,
BA P540 Journalism and Sociology,
BA P541 Journalism and Sociology (Including Placement Year),
BA P542 Journalism and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
BSC L315 Sociology (Applied Quantitative Research),
BSC L316 Sociology (Applied Quantitative Research) (Including Year Abroad),
BSC L317 Sociology (Applied Quantitative Research) (Including Placement Year),
BA L332 Sociology with Counselling Skills,
BSC L310 Sociology with Data Science,
BSC L311 Sociology with Data Science (including Year Abroad),
BSC L312 Sociology with Data Science (including Placement Year),
BSC L313 Sociology with Data Science (Including foundation Year),
BA L350 Sociology and Health,
BA L351 Sociology and Health (including Foundation Year),
BA L352 Sociology and Health (including Placement Year),
BA L353 Sociology and Health (including Year Abroad)
This module situates different theoretical approaches within sociology in historical and contemporary context. We will explore the relevance and value of social theory for understanding global social, political and economic change.
To understand social theory, it is useful to have a good understanding of world-changing social processes and their history, including the rise of British empire and European and North American colonization, and the expansion of human rights over the past 200 years.
1) To situate the work of social theorists in historical context by exploring major historical developments including the racial, economic and imperial origins of European colonialism and the influence of gender, economic and racial equality movements from abolitionism in the 18th century to colonial independence movements in the 20th-century.
2) To understand and critically analyse the ideas of major 19th and 20th century social theorists through engagement with the primary writing of key sociologists.
3) To understand how social theorists have studied gender divisions, global inequalities, racial and ethnic identities and oppression over modern history, from the revolutionary era of the 1770s to 1790s to the present.
This module is divided into two sections. In the autumn term, we focus on major social and political developments during the 19th century. We offer a decolonial perspec-tive of the ideas of three pioneers of social thought: Marx, Durkheim, and Weber. Although we think that it is important and valuable to discuss some of these early thinkers' major concepts and theories, we also think that it is crucial to situate their own viewpoints in the context of their own racial, economic and national privilege, through reading critical reinterpretations of their work by Nicole Curato, Julian Go and others, and through considering whether economic, national and racialized ad-vantages contributed to their reputation as the leading 'fathers' of the sociological canon. We will ask: what is a scholarly 'canon' and why are some scholars seen as be-ing inside it, while other scholars are relegated to the periphery?
In spring term, we focus on important thinkers and sociological trends in the late 19th-century to early 20th century onwards, including Black feminist theory; neo-Marxist criticisms of capitalism; post-colonial theory, and theories of social stigma. The mod-ule's overarching aim is encourage you to engage in theoretical thinking, writing and discussion, not just report on the ideas of the theorists. We will do this through read-ing the theorists' original writing, through 'book clubs', and through engaging with key concepts and themes