ASOK05241U Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu – relational sociology for the 21st century
MA course in sociological theory (MSc 2005)
MA Theory and Methodology course (MSc Curriculum 2015)
Specialiseringslinje: Politisk Sociologi
Course package (MSc 2015):
- Welfare, inequality and mobility
- Knowledge, organisation and politics
- Culture, lifestyle and everyday life
This innovative course focuses on two of the most prominent relational thinkers in the 20th century, Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu. First we compare the key concepts in their two different but similar perceptions of relational sociology. Second we look at two of their most famous empirical studies – On The Process of Civilisation and Distinction – to detect differences and similarities. Third we explain how establisher-outsider relationships (relations between education, class, gender and ethnicity) are related to state formation processes. Fourth we discuss how these two sociologists can explain long-term, structural change in complex societies. Finally, we propose an important synthesis by discussing some of the main strengths and weaknesses in each of their approaches.
KNOWLEDGE
By the end of the course students are
- famliar with key concept used by Elias and Bourdieu
Skills
By the end of the course students are able to
- apply these concepts in discussions and debate
- Critically discuss the key concepts used by Norbert Elias and Pierre Bourdieu in the development of relational sociology
- Assess the weaknesses and strengths in Elias's and Bourdieu's theoretical perspectives
COMPETENCES
By the end of the course students are able to
- Take responsibility and structure their own academic learning
1)Norbert Elias (2012), What is Sociology? Dublin: UCD Press, Collected Works, volume 4
2)Pierre Bourdieu (1989) Social Space and Symbolic Power, Sociological Theory, Vol. 7, 1: 14-25.
3)Stephen Mennell (1998) Norbert Elias: An Introduction Dublin: UCD Press.
4)Richard Jenkins (2002) Bourdieu, Revised edition, London: Routledge.
5)Bowen Paulle, Bart van Heerikhuizen and Mustafa Emirbayer (2012), Elias and Bourdieu, Journal of Classical Sociology, vol. 12 no. 1, pp. 69-93
6)Loic Wacquant (2004) ’Decivilizing and demonizing: the remaking of the American black ghetto’, in Steven Loyal and Stephen Quilley (eds), The Sociology of Norbert Elias, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5 ECTS:
Lectures: 15
Course preparation: 61,25
Exam Preparation: 61,25
Total: 137,5
Biography
Inspired by the work of Norbert Elias, I am developing a distinctive, multi-disciplinary approach to political sociology and early childhood, one that is relational, comparative and historical. I am currently writing a book on the Sociology of Early Childhood, to be published by Sage in 2014 and have co-edited a multi-disciplinary, social science Monograph with Professor Stephen Mennell (2011), Norbert Elias and Figurational Research: Processual Thinking in Sociology, Oxford: Blackwell.
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- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 61,25
- Lectures
- 15
- Preparation
- 61,25
- Total
- 137,50
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Deadline for signing up for Summer school is either June 1 or
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- Credit
- 5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentIndividual/group. Free written take-home essays are assignments for which students define and formulate a problem within the parameters of the course and based on an individual exam syllabus. The free written take-home essay must be no longer than 6 pages. For group assignments, an extra 3 pages is added per additional student. Further details for this exam form can be found in the Curriculum and in the General Guide to Examinations at KUnet.
- Exam registration requirements
Sociology students must be enrolled under MSc Curriculum 2005 to take this exam.
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Exam period
Submission dates and time will be available at KUnet, www.kunet.dk. Exchange students and danish full degree guest students please see the homepage of Sociology; http://www.soc.ku.dk/english/education/exams/ and http://www.soc.ku.dk/uddannelser/meritstuderende/eksamen/
Criteria for exam assesment
Please see the learning outcome.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- ASOK05241U
- Credit
- 5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- Expected week 17 (April 24th - April 28th 2017)
See schedule - Study board
- Department of Sociology, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Sociology
Course responsibles
- Norman Gabriel (16-7e7f827d717e3e823e7771728279757c50807c897d7f8584783e71733e857b)
Lecturers
Dr. Norman Gabriel,
Plymouth University,
norman.r.gabriel@plymouth.ac.uk