HUMN570 - The Individual in Society
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This course presents a study of the modern individual in relation to, and as a product of, social environment. It addresses the forces of family, sex, economy, and others that shape the psyche. Course topics include the concept of the self, the history and role of the family, and the individual in free and totalitarian societies. American cultural traditions are studied against the backdrop of other societies in this contemporary-minded course. Readings for this course include: Gerth, From Max Weber; Sigmund Freud, Autobiographical Study; Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life; Margaret Mead, Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies; Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks; Robert Bellah, et. al., Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life.
Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 01/30/12 - 06/24/12 |
07/02/12 - 10/21/12 |
Summer 2012 Session A - 16 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
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| ISBN: |
0195004620
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| Publication Info: |
Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1958
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| Author: |
Weber, Max M
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| Unit Cost: |
$40.00
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| Book Title: |
Autobiographical Study
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| ISBN: |
0393001466
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| Publication Info: |
W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1989
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| Author: |
Freud, Sigmund
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| Unit Cost: |
$11.95
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| Book Title: |
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
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| ISBN: |
0385094027
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| Publication Info: |
Doubleday Publishing
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| Author: |
Goffman, Erving
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| Unit Cost: |
$14.95
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| Book Title: |
Sex and Temperament: In Three Primitive Societies
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| ISBN: |
0060934956
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| Publication Info: |
HarperTrade, 2001
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| Author: |
Mead, Margaret
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| Unit Cost: |
$15.99
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| Book Title: |
Habits of the Heart, 3rd Ed
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| ISBN: |
0520254198
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| Publication Info: |
University of California Press
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| Author: |
Bellah
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| Unit Cost: |
$20.00
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| Book Title: |
Black Skin, White Masks, revised edition
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| ISBN: |
0802143008
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| Publication Info: |
Grove Press, Inc.
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| Author: |
Fanon, Frantz / Philcox, Richard (Translator)
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| Unit Cost: |
$14.00
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