This course offers critical assessments of the varieties, structures, and directions of modern social theories, with major emphasis on their relevance and usefulness for understanding contemporary social systems.
Course Instructor
Charles Adeyanju
Beck, Ulrich and Christoph Lau. 2005. “Second Modernity as a Research Agenda: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations in the ‘Meta-Change’ of Modern Society.” The British Journal of Sociology 56 (4): 525-557.
Prus, Bob. 2004. “Symbolic Interaction and Classical Greek Scholarship: Conceptual Foundations, Historical Continuities, and Transcontextual Relevancies.” The American Sociologist 35 (1): 3-33.