35 episodes
Exploring Sociological Theory Alec McGail
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3.8 • 4 Ratings
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I read some classics in sociological theory, trying to release them from the dusty shelves.
For more, see my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/AlecMcGail/
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(Fromm) The Illusion of Individuality
The last chapter of Fromm's analysis of individuality of modern man. Fromm addresses the repressive nature of modern culture and socialization, pointing to helplessless, a lack of automony and freedom, to be fertile ground for authoritarianism, fascism.
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(Tarde) Laws of Sociology
This is epic. Love his trichotomy, and the discussion he concludes with. I.e. the emergence of the seemingly infinite from the infinitesimal, across all the natural and social sciences. Sounds like a call to the study of the heterogeneous and differentiated, outside the coordinated reduction of similarities (science).
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(Simmel) Fashion
at times thought-provoking, contradictory, and offensive
wish I could've read the rest of the article, but was getting tired of it o.o
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(Bhaskar) Emergent Properties of Social Systems
His sentences are long, his words true. Seems I need to read more Roy Bhaskar.
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(Comte) The three stages of knowing
Printed in 1842, Comte's universal law of mental development, and why it provides such a strong impetus for his new idea, "sociology" (translated as social physics in this reading).
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(Giddens) The Adequacy of Explanatory Accounts
From New Rules of Sociological Method, this section addresses the connection between art and the social sciences, in that they both attempt cross-cultural communication for self-expansion.
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Customer Reviews
The host is very funny
The host is quite good at entertaining himself while he’s reading all these tedious stuff. Somehow this cheerful spirit kinda brightens my day. Haha.
Too fast
The host reads so fast you might as well not listen. All words blend together. Not worth listening.