Classic Sociological Theory:
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Assignments:  All readings from: Zeitlin, Ideology & the Development of  Soc Theory
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1.  Aug 22
Chpt 1
 ( Classes Begin Wednesday )  The Enlightenment
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2.  Aug 29
Chpt 2, 3 & 4
Montesquieu 1689-1755:  The Fall of Rome & Forms of Govt,  Hobbes;  Rousseau:  Discourse on Inequality;   The Social Contract;   Sophy & Emile
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3.  Sept 5
Chpt 5
Mary Wollstonecraft:  The Vindication of the Rights of Women
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4.  Sept 12
Chpt 6 & 7
Romanticism:     Kant, Burke & Hegel;       Bonald & Maistre
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EXAM 1
Chapters 1 - 7         A missed exam is penalized, unless excused, & may only be made up at the time of the next exam   
      Fre Sept 16
 
DRAFT PROPOSAL due at class time
 
5.  Sept 19
 Chpts  8 & 9
Saint-Simon   &   Auguste Comte
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6.  Sept 26
Chpt 10
Alexis de Tocqueville 
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7.  Oct 3
Chpts 11 & 12
Harriet Martineau;       Harriet Taylor & John Stuart Mill
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     Fri , Oct 7 
 
LIT REVIEW due at class time
 
8.  Oct 10
Chpts 13 & 14
Karl Marx:  His Philosphical Orientation;    His Relation to Hegel & Feuerbach
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    Fri  Oct 14
 EXAM 2
Chapters 8 - 14      A missed exam is penalized, unless excused, & may only be made up at the time of the next exam 
Make up for EXAM 1
 
     Oct 17
 
  Break!   Smell the flowers ,    Pass Go,   Collect $200 !
 
9.  Oct 24
Chpts 15 & 16
Marx's Historical Sociology;  Marx & Engels on the Origin of Patriarchy
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     Fri, Oct 28
 
FINAL PROPOSAL due  at class time
 
10.  Oct 31
 
 Continuation of Marx
 
11.  Nov 7
 Chpts 17 & 18
Max Weber
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12.  Nov 14
Chpt 21
Robert Michels
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13.  Nov 21
Chpt 22
Emile Durkheim 
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EXAM 3
Chapters 15 - 18; 21, 22     A missed exam is penalized, unless excused, & may only be made up at the time of the next exam 
Make up for EXAM  2
 
 
Chpt 23
Karl Mannheim
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Chpt 25
William James
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14.  Nov 28
Chpt 26
John Dewey
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Chpt 27
George Herbert Mead
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     Fri, Dec 2
 
TERM PAPER due at class time
 
15.  Dec 5
 
PRESENTATIONS          Last day of classes:  Fri, Dec 9
 
16.  Dec 12
 
Finals Week 
 
    Thurs, Dec 13
 EXAM 4
Chapters 23; 25 - 27   A missed exam is penalized, unless excused, & may only be made up at the time of the next exam 
Make up for EXAM 3
 
In order to do well on the tests, consider the following methodology:   Read the text before class.  Come to class & take notes.  Begin review for the test several days (2 to 4) before the exam, allocating 2 hours at a time.  Review/ re-read the text & review your notes.  Yes, you will need to commit info to memory. Things to know:  Anything discussed in lecture may be on the test.  All the terms from all chapters & lectures.  Concepts from the chapters & lectures.  Theorists & which concepts they hold.  The text is self-explanatory. Get a good night's sleep before the examine
Exam question types:  For the objective questions, you are responsible for all the material discussed in class, as well as that material in the book.  Fill-In-the-Blanks usually require just a word, a phrase or or a brief explanation to answer. If they ask for examples, be sure & include those. 
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