Alex’s Sociology Classes

Alex Kenney
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Find audio lectures here for Intro to Sociology and for Sociological Theory

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  1. 08/05/2020

    Week 7: Michel Foucault

    Discussion of “History of Sexuality” and “Discipline and Punish”

    46 min

  2. 05/05/2020

    Week 6: Pierre Bourdieu

    In this episode we discuss excerpts from "Distinction" and "The Forms of Capital" as well as key concepts including Cultural Capital, Habitus, and Symbolic Violence.

    53 min

  3. 24/04/2020

    Week 5: W.E.B. DuBois

    This 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.”

    29 min

  4. 17/04/2020

    Week 4: Max Weber and Rationalization

    In 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.

    42 min

  5. 09/04/2020

    Week 3: Emile Durkheim

    This 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.”

    31 min

  6. 06/04/2020

    Sociological Theory Week 2: The Later Marx

    A 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.

    31 min

  7. 30/03/2020

    The Early Marx

    This 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 Manifesto Part 2 covers the Manifesto of the Communist Party Part 3 covers The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte You will find a PowerPoint to accompany this episode on your Learn page!

    36 min

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