Sociology 401: Sociological Theory

Dr. Scott Schaffer

Discussion Questions

Max Weber:

Week 2 - Protestant Ethic, first half

Week 3 - Protestant Ethic, second half

 

Emile Durkheim:

Week 6 - On Morality and Society, first third

Weeks 7-8 - On Morality and Society, last two-thirds

 

Karl Marx:

Week 9 - The Early Years: "On the Jewish Question," "Alienation and Social Classes," "Theses on Feuerbach"

Week 10 - Grundrisse

Week 11 - Communist Manifesto, Critique of the Gotha Programme, and others

 

20th Century Social Theory:

Weeks 14-15