ASOB05019U Marginalization Sociology
Understanding the paradox of marginalization phenomenon
Involving elements from the classics of sociology like G. Simmel,
E. Durkheim and K. Marx, with current sociologists like A. Giddens,
U. Bech, N. Luhman, Z. Baumann, A. Honneth and in this country P.
Abrahamson, T. Broch and N. Mortensen, will assist to build up a
comprehension of marginalization as an omnipresent phenomenon
having both a historic and trans-historic, a civilizing and an
existential dimension. During the course these four dimensions of
marginalization will be related to the current concrete
marginalization issues, not least concerning the labour market,
unemployment, migration, and ethnicity. However, marginalization
is, especially in a welfare society as the Danish, not only a
disintegrative phenomenon in the proper sense, but also a question
of differentiation, in other words potentials in regards to
freedom. This paradox, that marginalization on the one hand is a
phenomenon of the disintegration, inequality, exclusion,
powerlessness and poverty, and on the other hand it is a phenomenon
of differentiation and enrichment of freedom potentials, must be
intriguing for any student interested in an overall comprehension
of the interplay between structure and actor in a welfare state
society.
We will discuss the life fields where actor’s freedom of action is
directly dependent on communication with what we in Giddens’ terms
understand by structure, however even in the case of a direct
dependency on structure, in some situations this dependency –
paradoxically! – can be overcome. Within many fields of activity
the sociologists are faced with this paradox. Consequently, the
understanding of marginalization as a comprehensive modern
double-edged phenomenon is more than a matter of a sociological
theoretical interest, it is a way of being a sociologist who on the
basis of a comprehensive theoretical ballast and broad perspective
is able to master current issues demanding methods and approaches
such as inquiry, field work, study and also collaboration with
political, economic and administrative institutions. Furthermore
the course includes the assumption that an understanding of the
marginalization phenomenon necessarily involves a social
psychological approach, where sociology and psychology each from
their own perspective may contribute to the creation of
marginalization theory. There is a tendency to individualize and
psychologize marginalization situations, while the existing
sociological marginalization theory tends to stay far away from the
concrete actor marginalization situations. Here there is an obvious
scope for the sociologist to unfold the sociological
approach.
This course will cater for the students who are interested in differentiation and integration processes.The interest in marginalization as a particular form of differentiation may in this connection originate from the student's wish to enrich her/his sociological luggage with this special sociological field. It may, as well as, provide her/him with an inspiration and ideas to write her/his final thesis. The labour market and the ethnic field are two obvious current areas for the study of the marginalization phenomenon. However, the particular sociological approach, which will be presented in this context, may offer a more comprehensive and complex understanding of marginalization than that of marginalization exclusively within the areas of the labour market and the ethnic field.
Examination requirement app. 800 pages
The Compendium "Marginalization Sociology" can be
purchased at the campus bookstore.
BA-Undergraduates and MA- students can sign up for this course
Kurset fungerer samtidigt som linjefag i specialiseringsretningen: Kultursociologi
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 28
- Exam
- 123,5
- Preparation
- 123,5
- Total
- 275,0
The deadline for signing up for courses is December 1st for the spring semester and June 1st for the autumn semester. When signing up you are automatically signed up for exam.
International students must sign up by filling in an application form which you find here: course registration
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- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentAssesment: 7-point grading scale
Individual/group
See details concerning form of examination exam in the curriculum - Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Internal examiners
- Exam period
- Submission dates and time will be available on the homepage of Sociology / education Site / Exam.
Criteria for exam assesment
See course aims
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- ASOB05019U
- Credit
- 10 ECTS
- Level
- BachelorBachelor choice,Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn And Spring
- Schedule
- See time table
- Continuing and further education
- Price
- Study board
- Department of Sociology, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Sociology
Course responsibles
- Signe Pedersen (4-84727f755184727e773f7c863f757c)
Lecturers
Leopold Galicki; E-mail: leopoldgalicki@gmail.com