SOCI 2040 Lecture Notes - Super Bowl, Consumerism, Erving Goffman
4 Jun 2014
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Ap/soci 2040a su 2012 essay topics in sociological theory. This document augments actual writing instructions appended to the course syllabus, and should be discussed in tutorial if not in lecture. Basic research technique: go to the library"s website through your passport york account. Go to eresources for a search in actual sociological journals. To search for journal articles input an author or expert"s name plus keyword in your possible subject area. An important keyword is review , to guide searches for experts" views on an important book or set of work by a significant author. Note that topics deriving from first term regarding marx, durkheim, weber and psychoanalysis are suitable. But be sure to discuss before hand with your ta. The latter part of this course deals with the major questions, such as: why no revolution, why. Nazism, why religious fundamentalism, why consumerism, why fragmented consciousness and a culture of images? .
