Asatheory.org - Theory Resources. A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace. Thirty years ago columnist Lewis Lapham made the following observation: There no longer exists a theater of ideas in which artists or philosophers can perform the acts of the intellectual or moral imagination. In nineteenth-century England Charles Darwin could expect On The Origin of Species to be read by Charles Dickens as well as by Disraeli and the vicar in the shires who collected flies and water beetles. Dickens and Disraeli and the vicar could assume that Mr. Darwin might chance to read their own observations. But in the United States in 1979 what novelist can expect his work to be read by a biochemist, a Presidential candidate, or a director of corporations; what physicist can expect his work to be noticed, much less understood, in the New York literary salons? Conditions have hardly improved three decades later.
And now for some sites to stimulate the sociological imagination (or, at a minimum, prepare one for Sociology Jeopardy). General sociological resources Op-Ed Anthropology. The Society Pages. Deviance/Crime | SociologyInFocus. AMC recently aired its final episode of Breaking Bad. With the series now completed, one might wonder how so many viewers could maintain loyalty to protagonist, “Water White,” the dorky low-level crystal methamphetamine producer, turned vicious kingpin, who over five seasons inflicted unbridled violence on a slew of characters. Even Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan expressed a sociologically-driven curiosity with Walt’s ability to emit public sympathy: “I have kind of lost sympathy for Walt along the way…I find it interesting, this sociological phenomenon, that people still root for Walt. Perhaps it says something about the nature of fiction, that viewers have to identify on some level with the protagonist of the show, or maybe he’s just interesting because he is good at what he does.”
In this post, David Mayeda breaks down Breaking Bad’s success, accounting for reclaimed masculinity in a failed political economy. The Sociologizer - sociologizer.com (HTTP) SM Introductions. Sociology 924: Social Movements Seminar Calendar Pamela Oliver Introduction This class session provides an overview of traditions in social movements research. The assigned readings are long and synthetic and cannot be fully absorbed in the first read. My goal in this assignment is NOT that you absorb them all now (or even ever), but that you use them to gain a mental map of the terrain and the questions people ask(ed). Begin by skimming all of them: read the introductions and conclusions, use the boldface to orient yourself through the topics covered and the central arguments. Think about what assumptions the authors are making about the nature of society and social movements and what the important questions are.
Required Reading 1. Snow, David A., Sarah A. 2. Gary T. Other possibly useful reading My lecture notes. Other suggested readings A. "Emerging Trends in the Study of Protest and Social Movements. " B. Sidney Tarrow. Sociology 924: Social Movements Calendar Pamela Oliver. Critical Theory. A conversation with scientist Miguel Nicolelis.
The Sociology Community. Theory Cards! from www.theory.org. The Society Pages. Contexts.