Gwybodaeth Modiwlau

‘Introduction to Social Theory’ will introduce students to the big ideas that have inspired the social sciences. It will provide students with an overview of key thinkers and movements in different traditions of critical social theory, focusing on selected works from major 19th and 20th Century social theorists. These concerns will be grounded through a focus on the key themes that have preoccupied sociological thought over the past 150 years, demonstrating the relevance of classical sociology to the present and examining how core ideas have been developed over time. Students will also gain an understanding of how different traditions of critical social theory are linked to research methodologies of different kinds.

​‘Introduction to Social Theory’ will introduce students to the big ideas that have inspired the social sciences. It will provide students with an overview of key thinkers and movements in different traditions of critical social theory, focusing on selected works from major 19th and 20th Century social theorists. Key thinkers covered in this module will range from classical sociologists such as Durkheim, Marx and Weber to feminist and post-structuralist thinkers from the late 20th and 21st centuries. The module will allow students to appreciate how all of the themes that they study across the degree scheme relate to the historical trajectories of Sociology as a discipline. The link between these historical trajectories and methodologies will also be highlighted