Classical social theory

Pre-requisites: To be able to successfully complete this course, students should have basic knowledge of general history of the 19th and first half of the 20th century (1789-1945) as well as understand at least one foreign language.

Course objectives: The main goal of this course is for students to learn history of classical social thought and theory.

Course description: This course does not try to cover all historical currents in sociology during the 19th and first half of 20th century, but rather focuses on: (a) analysis of fundamental &methodological issues in re-constructing the sociological tradition; (b) examining some of the most influential theoretical paradigms during the formation of classical social theory & thought and (c) understanding the effect of those paradigms and classical social theory on contemporary sociology.

Learning Outcomes: This course will enable students to creatively use their knowledge of classical social theory and will give them a framework in which to place what they learn in the Contemporary social theory course and other further studies in sociology.

Literature/Reading:

• Alvin W. Gouldner: “Romantizam i klasicizam: temeljne strukture u društvenoj znanosti”, u: Za sociologiju, Zagreb 1980, str. 319-342
• Aljoša Mimica: “Sociologija i francuska revolucija”, u: Pogled unazad: Monteskje – Tokvil – Dirkem, Sremski Karlovci i Novi Sad 1995, str. 89-105
• Dragoljub Mićunović: Istorija društvenih teorija, Beograd 2010, knj. 2, str. 12-22
• Fransoa Šatle i dr. (ur.): Enciklopedijski rečnik političke filozofije, Sremski Karlovci i Novi Sad, 1993, str. 668-673, 899-907 i 1023-1035 (tom II)
• Hari Elmer Barnes: Uvod u istoriju sociologije, Beograd 1982, knj. 1, str. 107-165 i knj. 2, str. 555-583
• Aljoša Mimica: “Tokvil, naš savremenik”, u: Stari režim i revolucija, Sremski Karlovci i Novi Sad 1994, str. 5-20
• Rudi Supek: Herbert Spencer i biologizam u sociologiji, Zagreb 1987, str. 71-99
• Aleksandar Molnar: Rasprava o demokratskoj ustavnoj državi, Beograd 2002, knj. 3, str. 131-155
• Umberto Cerroni: “Istoricizam”, u: Uvod u društvenu znanost, Zagreb 1983, str. 11-19 i 35-40
• Veljko Korać: “Novokantovsko tumačenje razlika između prirodnih i društveno-istorijskih nauka”, u: Istorija društvenih nauka, Beograd 1990, str. 206-217
• Radomir Lukić: Formalizam u sociologiji, Zagreb 1987, str. 48-78
• Mihailo Đurić: Sociologija Maksa Vebera, Zagreb 1987, str. 71-93, 98-103, 121-133 i 166-179