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Social Theory and Modern Society
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Program
London, England
Dates: 8/30/17 - 12/16/17
Social Theory and Modern Society
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: London South Bank University
Location: London, England
Primary Subject Area: Sociology
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Introduction to Sociology
DESCRIPTION
What is modernity and how has it shaped society and sociology? Across all the social sciences there is a powerful awareness that western society changed around the 1750s ? in a word it began to become ?modern?. This has been seen as a largely positive change by most people, politicians and sociologists. But what is involved in the change, how did it shape the West, what did this mean for non-Western societies, and has it all been positive? We will engage with all these questions, around issues of class, bureaucracy, rationality, order and the Holocaust.