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FAQs about Alex’s Sociology Classes:How many episodes does Alex’s Sociology Classes have?The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.
May 08, 2020Week 7: Michel FoucaultDiscussion of “History of Sexuality” and “Discipline and Punish”...more46minPlay
May 05, 2020Week 6: Pierre BourdieuIn this episode we discuss excerpts from "Distinction" and "The Forms of Capital" as well as key concepts including Cultural Capital, Habitus, and Symbolic Violence. ...more54minPlay
April 24, 2020Week 5: W.E.B. DuBoisThis episode discusses DuBois’s life and work, his theoretical and methodological innovations in sociology, and two of this important texts: “Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880” and “The Souls of Black Folk.”...more30minPlay
April 17, 2020Week 4: Max Weber and RationalizationIn this episode we’ll dive into Weber’s classic texts “Bureaucracy” and “The Types of Legitimate Domination” as well as into our own pantry cupboards to talk about Weber’s theory of rationalization....more43minPlay
April 09, 2020Week 3: Emile DurkheimThis week we’ll move from conflict theory to functionalism as we discuss two works by French Sociologist Emile Durkheim. In Part 1 we’ll talk about “The Division of Labor in Society” and in Part 2 we’ll discuss “The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life.”...more31minPlay
April 06, 2020The First Day of Class!Welcome! It’s the first day of our virtual class so let’s go over the syllabus together!...more32minPlay
April 06, 2020Sociological Theory Week 2: The Later MarxA bit of context and some key concepts from Marx’s mature theory of political economy. Part 1 briefly covers 1850s London and Marx's life there as well as the Preface to the Critique of Political Economy, 1859. Part 2 covers Ch.1 of Capital Vol. 1. A slideshow to accompany this episode can be found on your Learn page. ...more32minPlay
March 30, 2020The Early MarxThis is Episode 1 of Sociological Theory: Podcast Edition. In this episode we will tackle the reading from Week 1: Theses on Feuerbach, The Manifesto of the Communist Party, and The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte. There are 3 parts to the episode: Part 1 covers the Theses on Feuerbach and sets the stage for the ManifestoPart 2 covers the Manifesto of the Communist PartyPart 3 covers The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis BonaparteYou will find a PowerPoint to accompany this episode on your Learn page!...more36minPlay
FAQs about Alex’s Sociology Classes:How many episodes does Alex’s Sociology Classes have?The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.