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Gesellschaftstheorie: Ausgewählte Probleme: Theories of Social Action- Dozent/in
- PD Dr. Alexander Ruser
- Angaben
- Blockseminar
Zeit und Ort: Einzeltermin am 8.12.2017 10:00 - 12:00, F21/03.02; Blockveranstaltung 15.12.2017-16.12.2017 Mo-Fr, Sa, So 10:00 - 17:00, F21/03.02; Blockveranstaltung 12.1.2018-13.1.2018 Fr, Sa 10:00 - 17:00, FMA/00.08
- Inhalt
- Understanding and explaining social action has been a key task and cardinal problem of sociology ever since. What motivates, drives and guides the action of people? Can they be explained by focusing on individual action? Or is it rather the respective, cultural, historical religious or political context that determine social action? Sociological thinkers have developed a variety of theoretical explanations. Proponents of rational choice theories conceive of the individual as a rational agent, capable of processing information in the light of pre-existing preferences. Ethnomethodologists on the other hand are stressing the significance of routines, that is cultural patterns that free the individual from calculation, allowing those acquainted with the respective social/cultural norms to instantly knowing what to do. The seminar will provide an overview of the most important theories of social action such as rational choice, symbolic interactionism, ethnomedthodology. It will then proceed to investigating selected forms of social action (e.g. deviant behaviour) and analysing specific problems (e.g. new information and the problem of cognitive dissonance ) to test the advantages but also the limits of the respective theories.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Selected Literature
Blumer, Herbert (1969) Symbolic Interactionism. Perspective and Method. University of California Press
Festinger, Leon, Riecken, Henry, Schachter, Stanley (1956) When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World. Harper-Torchbooks
Garfinkel, Harold (1964) Studies of the Routine Grounds of Everyday Activities Social Problems. Vol.11 No. 3, Winter 1964: 225-250
Scott, John (2000) Rational Choice Theory in: Gary Browning, Abigail Halcil, Frank Webster (eds.) Understanding Contemporary Society. SAGE Publishing, 126-138
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Credits: 6
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 15
- Institution: Professur für Soziologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Bildung und Arbeit im Lebensverlauf
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