Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Course Title:
Contemporary Approaches in Cultural Sociology
Course Number:
CC2005
Course Description:
In recent decades, cultural sociology has been one of the fastest growing areas of sociological study. Some have even argued that contemporary sociology has been witnessing a ‘cultural turn’ – making culture (‘meaning-making’) a central aspect of sociological inquiry in many different areas such as politics, economy, the state, etc. This course addresses major themes and theories in cultural sociology by discerning three ideal typical approaches:
1. culture as cognitive structure approach, which studies the way in which cultural codes, schemas, narratives and texts constrain and enable the possible range and arrangement of meanings;
2. culture in action approach, which focuses on the practical ways in which culture is reflexively used and set to work to solve everyday problems;
3. production of culture approach, which focuses on how the content of culture (in the more restricted sense) is affected by its production, distribution and consumption.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
SOCI 395
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