Sociology and Social TheoryTuesday-Thursday 10:20a-11:40a

SOC 212-01— FISK 413 — Fall 2016

Instructor: Kerwin KayeEmail: kkaye@wesleyan.eduOffice: PAC 105Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1-2pm (and by appointment)

Class Description

This course presents an overview of social theories and examines their relationship to social practices and social institutions. Classical social theory emerged in the mid-to-late 1800s, and was in many ways an attempt to make sense of industrialization and the new social patterns which emerged in its wake. Drawing upon the rationalist theories of the Enlightenment, these 19th century theorists sought to demonstrate that social life had its own patterns and “laws,” and that society was much more than a collection of disconnected individuals. Theorists in the mid-20th century often upended these insights, focusing on everyday interactions and describing how these smaller interactions shaped the larger society. More recently, a new generation of “post-modern” theorists has re-examined some of the basic presuppositions of earlier social analysts, questioning the basis of social-scientific knowledge and refiguring the relationship between the “macro” and the “micro” in the process. In this class, we will read selections from all three generations of social theorists, focusing upon ways in which their thinking shapes our actions within and understanding of the contemporary world.

Course Materials

Three books are also required for the course. All are available via Broad Street Books: —Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition (Craig Calhoun, et al)—Moving Beyond Prozac, DSM , and the New Psychiatry (Bradley Lewis)—History of Sexuality: An Introduction, Volume 1 (Michel Foucault)

Additional course materials are available through a Dropbox link: www.dropbox.com/sh/uv5gfdp9zt8y369/AAAnGaBX3UipS6QtWOpbiO4va?dl=0

Please note that any video within Dropbox that is longer than 15 minutes must be downloaded to your computer before viewing.

Course Requirements

There are three requirements for the class:

—attend all classes and prepared to discuss the assigned readings—five response papers in relation to the reading (2-3 pages each)—write three 8-10 page papers

Grading

Class attendance/participation: 20%Four reading response papers: 20% (5% each)First exam paper: 20%Second exam paper: 20%Third exam paper: 20%

Paper Guidelines

—Response papers must be written on readings that we have not yet discussed, and must be emailed to me by 7pm on the day prior to our discussion. No response papers will be accepted on a given reading after we have discussed it in class.

—Response papers should address at least 15 pages of reading. If you wish to discuss a reading that is less than 15 pages, you should then discuss two (or more) readings such that you address at least 15 pages of the assigned material

—Response papers should do three things: (1) summarize the author’s argument(2) think through the implications of the author’s argument for at least one contemporary

situation (highlighting the usefulness and/or shortcomings of the author’s framework)(3) offer your own opinion/analysis. Response papers will be graded based upon the your

ability to grasp and present an author’s analysis, to usefully apply their framework, and the depth and insight you display in your own assessment of their work

—All papers should be well organized and proof-read. Please double-space all of your papers, and use one inch margins. Please use Times New Roman (12 point) as your font. If you email me your paper, send it both as an attached file and with the text pasted into the body of the email (in case I have difficulty with the attachment).

—Late papers will suffer as grade deduction as follows: between 15 minutes and 1 hour (3.5%); between 1 hour and 2 hours (5%); between 2 and 24 hours (10%); each additional day follows the same rate of loss (3.5% after the first 15 minutes, up to 10% more each day). Maximum lateness penalty = 50%.

—Please double-space all of your papers, and use one inch margins on all sides. Please also use Times New Roman (12 point) as your font.

—Plagiarism will not be excused; if in doubt, provide a citation.

Use of Electronic Devices within the Classroom

I allow the use of electronic devices only for purposes of taking notes or looking at course materials. Please, no web surfing of any sort (unless requested!).

Disability Resources

I am happy to accommodate concerns regarding disabilities. Wesleyan also asks that the following statement be included on all course syllabi:

Wesleyan University is committed to ensuring that all qualified students with disabilities are afforded an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from its programs and services. To receive accommodations, a student must have a documented disability as defined by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, and provide documentation of the disability. Since accommodations may require early planning and generally are not provided retroactively, please contact Disability Resources as soon as possible. If you believe that you need accommodations for a disability, please contact Dean Patey in Disability Resources, located in North College, Room 021, or call 860-685-5581 for an appointment to discuss your needs and the process for requesting accommodations

Schedule OverviewKey Dates

either September 7th or September 12th: First response paper due (Marx)either October 5th or 10th: Second response paper due (DuBois or Gilman)Thursday, October 13th (at beginning of class): Exam paper #1 dueTuesday, October 25th: NO CLASS (Fall Break)Tuesday, November 8th: Election DayThursday, November 10th (at beginning of class): Exam paper #2 dueMonday, November 21st: Third response paper due (Foucault) Thursday, November 24th: NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break)either November 28th, 31st, or December 5th: Final response paper due (Critical Race

Theory, Feminism, Queer Theory)Saturday, December 17th by noon: Exam paper #3 due

Schedule Overview (cont.)Week 1: September 6th and 8th

(First response paper due either September 7 th or 12 th by 7pm) Introduction and Overview / The Communist Manifesto

Week 2: September 13th and September 15th Karl Marx and the Critique of Political Economy

Week 3: September 20th and September 22nd

Émile Durkheim and the Science of Society

Week 4: September 27th and September 29th Max Weber and Interpretive Sociology

Week 5: October 4th and October 6th

(Second response paper due either October 5 th or 10 th by 7pm) Georg Simmel’s Micro-Structuralism W.E.B. Du Bois and the Problem of the Color Line

Week 6: October 11th and October 13th

(Exam paper #1 due at beginning of class on October 13 th ) Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Inequality of Women / Sigmund Freud

Week 7: October 18th and October 20th

Structural-Functionalism (Durkheim 2.0)

Week 8: October 25th and October 27th

NO CLASS October 25th: Fall BreakSymbolic Interactionism and its Variations

Week 9: November 1st and November 3rd

Social Exchange Theory and the Rational Actor

Week 10: November 8th and November 10th

Sociobiology and Critique / Pierre Bourdieu, Habitus, and Class Distinctions(Exam paper #2 due at beginning of class on November 10 th )

Week 11: November 15th and November 17th Intro to Postmodernism / Critical Approaches to Knowledge and Science

Week 12: November 22nd (Third response paper due November 21 st by 7pm) Foucault, Sexuality, and the Rise of Bio-PowerNO CLASS November 24th: Thanksgiving

Week 13: November 29th and December 1st

(Fourth response paper due either 11/28, 11/31, or 12/5 by 7pm)Critical Race Theory / Feminist Theory

Week 14: December 6th and December 8th Queer Theory / Review

Exam paper #3 due Saturday, December 17 th by noon (same time as final exam)

Assigned Readings

Week 1: Introduction and Overview / The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx (1818-1883) Friederich Engels (1820-1895)

September 6th: Introduction and OverviewNo assigned readings

September 8th:

—First response paper due no later than September 12th by 7pm (could be turned in September 7th by 7pm)

Calhoun, Craig et al. 2012. “The Sociological Theory of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels,” in Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 135-41 (7 pgs)

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. 2012 [1848]. “Manifesto of the Communist Party,” in Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 156-71 (16 pgs)

Marx, Karl. 1844. “A Critique of Political Economy” in Karl Marx: A Reader, pp. 187-8 (2 pgs)

Marx, Karl. 1852. “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte,” in Karl Marx: A Reader, pp. 277 (1 pg)

Optional: Ritzer, George. 2008. “Structures of Capitalist Society,” “Commodities,” “Capital, Capitalists, and Proletariet,” “Exploitation,” and “Capitalism as a Good Thing” in Classical Sociological Theory, pp. 140-2, 144-51 (10 pgs)

Optional: Collins, Randall. “Friedrich Engels: The Sociologist in the Shadows,” in Four Sociological Traditions, 56-62 (7 pgs)

Week 2: Karl Marx and the Critique of Political Economy

—First response paper due no later than September 12th by 7pm

September 13th: Marx, Karl. 1867. Capital, Volume 1, pp. 270-4, 375-83, 422-4, 429-31 (16 pgs)Marx, Karl. 2012 [1847]. “Wage-Labour and Capital,” in Classical Sociological

Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 182-9 (8 pgs)Marx, Karl. 2012 [1844]. “Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844,” in

Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 146-55 (10 pgs)Marx, Karl. 2012 [1867]. “Classes,” in Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd Edition , pp.

190-1 (2 pgs)Marx, Karl. 1867. “Capital, volume 3,” in The Marx-Engels Reader, pp. 441 (1 pg)Marx, Karl. 1867. “The Genesis of the Industrial Capitalist,” in Capital, volume 1, pp.

914-8, 925 (6 pgs)Crossley, Nick. “Crisis,” in Key Concepts in Critical Social Theory, pp. 40-3 (4 pgs)

Optional: Ritzer, George. 2008. “Human Nature,” “Labor,” and “Alienation” in Classical Sociological Theory, pp. 135-40 (5 pgs)

Optional: Crossley, Nick. “Alienation,” in Key Concepts in Critical Social Theory, pp. 3-8 (5 pgs)

Optional: Bottomore, Tom. 1983. Selections from A Dictionary of Marxist Thought. “Emancipation” (1 pg)

September 15th: Marx, Karl. 2012 [1845]. “The German Ideology,” in Classical Sociological Theory,

3 rd edition , pp. 142-5 (4 pgs)Marx, Karl. 1844. “Contribution to the Critique of Hegel” in Karl Marx: A Reader,

pp. 301-2 (2 pgs)Navarro, Vicente. 1980. “Work, Ideology, and Science: The Case of Medicine,” pp.

538-42 (5 pgs)Marx, Karl. 1867. “The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof,” in

Capital, volume 1, pp. 163-77 (15 pgs)

Optional: Williams, Raymond. 1983. “Ideology,” in Keywords, pp. 153-7 (4 pgs)Optional: Ritzer, George. 2008. “Materialist Conception of History” and “Ideology,”

in Classical Sociological Theory, pp. 149-58 (10 pgs)Optional: Ritzer, George. 2008. “Fetishism of Commodities,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, pp. 142-4 (2 pgs)Optional: Bottomore, Tom. 1983. Selections from A Dictionary of Marxist Thought.

“Commodity Fetishism” and “Fetishism” (3 pgs)

Week 3: Émile Durkheim and the Science of Society

Émile Durkheim (1858-1917)

September 20th: Calhoun, Craig et al. 2012. “The Sociological Theory of Émile Durkheim,” in

Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 195-200 (5 pgs)Durkheim, Émile. 2012 [1893]. “The Division of Labor in Society,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 220-42 (22 pgs)Durkheim, Émile. 1893. The Division of Labor in Society, pp. 49-50, 399-401, 406-9

(5 pgs)Durkheim, Émile. 2012 [1895]. “The Rules of Sociological Method,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 201-19 (19 pgs)

September 22nd: Durkheim, Émile. 2012 [1897]. “Suicide,” in Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd

edition, pp. 255-64 (10 pgs)Durkheim, Émile. 2012 [1897]. “The Elementary Forms of Religious Life,” in

Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 243-54 (12 pgs)

Optional: Ritzer, George. 2008. Sections on “Suicide” in Classical Sociological Theory, pp. 174-9 (6 pgs)

Optional: Crossley, Nick. “Anomie,” in Key Concepts in Social Theory, pp. 8-11 (3 pgs)

Week 4: Max Weber and Interpretive Sociology

Max Weber (1864-1920)

September 27th: Calhoun, Craig et al. 2012. “The Sociological Theory of Max Weber,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 267-72 (5 pgs)Weber, Max. 2012 [1930]. “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,” in

Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 291-309 (19 pgs)Weber, Max. 2012 [1904]. “‘Objectivity’ in Social Science,” in Classical Sociological

Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 273-9 (7 pgs)Weber, Max. 2012 [1914]. “The Distribution of Power within the Political

Community,” in Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 310-9 (10 pgs)Weber, Max. 2012 [1914]. “The Types of Legitimate Domination,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 320-27 (8 pgs)

September 29th: Weber, Max. 2012 [1914]. “Basic Sociological Terms,” in Classical Sociological

Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 280-90 (11 pgs)Weber, Max. 2012 [1922]. “Bureaucracy,” in Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd

edition, pp. 328-38 (11 pgs)Weber, Max. 1921. Selections from Economy and Society (in From Max Weber).

“Chapter X: The Meaning of Discipline,” pp. 253-5, 261-2 (5 pgs) Ritzer, George. 2000. Excerpt from The McDonaldization of Society, in Max Weber:

Readings and Commentary on Modernity, pp. 357-60 (4 pgs)Ritzer, George and David Walczak. 1986. “The Changing Nature of American

Medicine.” Journal of American Culture, 9(4): 43-51 (9 pgs)

Optional: Ritzer, George. 2008. Classical Sociological Theory, pp. 196-201, 211-17, 220-3 (15 pgs)

Week 5 (Tuesday): Georg Simmel’s Micro-Structuralism

Georg Simmel (1858-1918)

October 4th: Ritzer, George. 2008. “Georg Simmel: A Biographical Sketch,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 5 th edition , pp. 270-1 (2 pgs)Skim only: Simmel, Georg. 2012 [1908]. “The Dyad and the Triad,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 382-95 (13 pgs)Simmel, Georg. 2012 [1908]. “Group Expansion and the Development of

Individuality,” in Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 366-81 (16 pgs)Simmel, Georg. 2013 [1903]. “The Metropolis and Mental Life,” in Social Theory:

Roots and Branches, 5 th edition , pp. 116-28 (13 pgs)Simmel, Georg. 2013 [1903]. “The Philosophy of Money,” in Social Theory: Roots

and Branches, 5 th edition , pp. 129-35 (7 pgs)Simmel, Georg. 2012 [1908]. “The Stranger,” in Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd

edition, pp. 366-81 (16 pgs)

Week 5 (Thursday): W.E.B. Du Bois and the Problem of the Color Line

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963)

October 6th:

—Second response paper due either October 5th or 10th by 7pm

Ritzer, George. 2008. “W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biographical Sketch,” in Classical Sociological Theory, 5 th edition , pp. 336-7 (2 pgs)

Green, Dan and Robert Wortham. 2015. “Sociology Hesitant: The Continuing Neglect of W.E.B. Du Bois,” Sociological Spectrum, pp. 518-33 (13 pgs)

Du Bois, W.E.B. 1989 [1920]. “The Philadelphia Negro,” in Sociological Theory in the Classical Era, 2 nd edition , pp. 340-5 (6 pgs)

Du Bois, W.E.B. 1996 [1899]. The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study, pp. 309-21 (12 pgs)

Du Bois, W.E.B. 1989 [1903]. The Souls of Black Folk, pp. xxxi-xxxii, 1-11, 141-5 (16 pgs)

Du Bois, W.E.B. 1989 [1920]. “The Souls of White Folk,” in Sociological Theory in the Classical Era, 2 nd edition , pp. 366-9 (4 pgs)

Du Bois, W.E.B. 1962 [1935]. Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880, pp. 700-1 (2 pgs)

Week 6: Charlotte Perkins Gilman / Sigmund Freud

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)

October 11th: —Second response paper due either October 5th or 10th by 7pm

Edles, Laura and Scott Appelrouth. 2010. “A Biographical Sketch,” in Sociological Theory in the Classical Era, 2 nd edition , pp. 222-5 (3 pgs)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. 2010 [1898]. Women and Economics, in Sociological Theory in the Classical Era, 2 nd edition , pp. 242-66 (25 pgs)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. 1998 [1898]. Women and Economics, pp. 111-22 (12 pgs)Skim only: Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. 1991 [1908]. “A Suggestion for the Negro

Problem,” in Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A Nonfiction Reader, pp. 176-83 (8 pgs)

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

October 13th: (first exam paper due at beginning of class) Ritzer, George. 2008. “Sigmund Freud: a Biographical Sketch,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, pp. 30 (1 pg)Freud, Sigmund. 1930. Civilization and Its Discontents, pp. 37-42, 48-52, 64-89, 93-

6, 104-12 (43 pgs)

Week 7: Structural-Functionalism (Durkheim 2.0)

Talcott Persons (1902-1979) Robert Merton (1910-2003)

October 18th: Calhoun, Craig et al. 2012. “Structural-Functional Analysis,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 489-94 (6 pgs)Parsons, Talcott. 2012 [1948]. “The Position of Sociological Theory,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 5 th edition , pp. 495-501 (7 pgs)Parsons, Talcott. 1951. “The Functional Prerequisites of Social Systems,” in Social

Theory: Roots and Branches, pp. 180-5 (5 pgs)Parsons, Talcott. 2012 [1961]. “An Outline of the Social System,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 5 th edition , pp. 502-22 (20 pgs)Parsons, Talcott. 1951. The Social System, pp. 251-3, 255-6, 280-2, 436-8 (10 pgs)Parsons, Talcott. 1943. “Sex Roles in the American Kinship System,” in Social

Theory: The Multicultural and Classic Readings, pp. 324-8 (4 pgs)

Optional: Orr, Jackie. 2006. Panic Diaries: A Genealogy of Panic Disorder, pp. 119-24, 150-6, 186-8 (13 pgs)

October 20th: Merton, Robert. 2012 [1949]. “On Sociological Theories of the Middle Range,” in

Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 531-42 (11 pgs)Merton, Robert. 1938. “Social Structure and Anomie,” in Social Theory: Continuity

& Confrontation, A Reader, pp. 76-87 (9 pgs)Merton, Robert. 2012 [1957]. “Manifest and Latent Functions,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 523-30 (7 pgs)Gans, Herbert. 1971. “The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All,” Social Theory, 2(2):

20-4 (5 pgs)

Week 8: Symbolic Interactionism and its Variations

Charles Cooley (1864-1929) George Mead (1863-1931) Herbert Blumer (1900-1987)

Howard Becker (b. 1928) Peter Berger (b. 1929) Thomas Luckman (b. 1927)

Erving Goffman (1922-1982)

Note: Goffman identifies as a Durkheimian, and not with Symbolic Interactionism. More in class as to his inclusion within this week’s readings.

Week 8: Symbolic Interactionism and its Variations

October 25th: NO CLASS: Fall Break

October 27th: Garner, Roberta. 2000. “Charles Cooley,” Social Theory: Continuity &

Confrontation, A Reader, pp. 177-8 (1 pg)Cooley, Charles. 1902. “The Self as Sentiment and Reflection,” in Inside Social Life:

Readings in Sociological Theory and Microsociology, pp. 24-9 (4 pgs)Ritzer, George. 2008. “George Herbert Mead: A Biographical Introduction,” in

Modern Sociological Theory, pp. 218-9 (2 pgs)Mead, George Herbert. 2012 [1934; from lectures given in the 1920s]. “The Self,” in

Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 347-60 (13 pgs)Blumer, Herbert. 1962. “Society as Symbolic Interaction,” in Social Theory: Roots

and Branches, pp. 232-8 (7 pgs)Blumer, Herbert. 1969. “Society in Action,” in Inside Social Life: Readings in

Sociological Theory and Microsociology, pp. 320-4 (5 pgs)Berger, Peter, and Thomas Luckman. 1966. “Society as a Human Product,” in Social

Theory: The Multicultural & Classic Readings, pp. 418-23 (6 pgs)Conrad, Peter, and Joseph Schneider. 1980. Deviance and Medicalization: from

Badness to Sickness, pp. 28-35 (8 pgs)

Labeling Theory: Becker, Howard. 1963. “Becoming a Marijuana User,” in Social Theory: Continuity

& Confrontation, A Reader, pp. 334-46 (12 pgs – SKIM ONLY)Rosenhan, D.L. 1973. “On Being Sane in Insane Places,” Science, 179(4070): 250-8

(8 pgs)Condry, John, and Sandra Condry. 1976. “Sex Differences: A Study of the Eye of the

Beholder,” Child Development, 47(3): 812-9 (7 pgs)Edwards, Derek, Malcolm Ashmore, and Jonathan Potter. 2003. “Death and

Furniture: Arguments against Relativism,” in Social Construction: A Reader (6 pgs)

Erving Goffman:Goffman, Erving. 1959. “The Presentation of Self,” in Inside Social Life: Readings

in Sociological Theory and Microsociology, pp. 108-16 (9 pgs)Goffman, Erving. 1961. “Characteristics of Total Institutions,” in Asylums, pp. xiii,

83-92 (10 pgs)Goffman, Erving. 1961. “The Moral Career of the Mental Patient,” in Asylums

(excerpted in Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Theory and Microsociology, pp. 362-70) (9 pgs)

Week 9: Social Exchange Theory and the Rational Actor

George Homans (1910-1989) James Coleman (1926-1995) Peter Blau (1918-2002)

November 1st: Homans, George. 1958. “Social Behavior as Exchange,” in Social Theory: Roots and

Branches, pp. 287-96 (10 pgs)Coleman, James. 1990. “Human Capital and Social Capital,” in Social Theory: Roots

and Branches, pp. 297-304 (7 pgs)Hechter, Michael. 1990. “The Emergence of Cooperative Social Institutions,” in

Social Theory: Roots and Branches, pp. 305-313 (8 pgs)Blau, Peter. 1994. “Formulation of Exchange Theory,” in Social Theory: Roots and

Branches, pp. 314-20 (7 pgs) Turner, Jonathan, and Jan Stets. 2005. “Exchange Theorizing on Emotions,” in The

Sociology of Emotions, pp. 179-84 (6 pgs)

November 3rd: Stack, Carol. 1970. All Our Kin, pp. 108-29 (21 pgs)

Week 10 (Tuesday): Sociobiology and Critique / Pierre Bourdieu

Edward Osborne Wilson (b. 1929) Steven Pinker (b. 1954)

Ruth Bleier Roger Lancaster

November 8th: Pinker, Steven. 2002. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, pp.

51-5, 343-51, 435-9 (18 pgs)Lancaster, Roger. 2003. The Trouble with Nature: Sex in Science and Popular

Culture, pp. 196-9, 202-10 (11 pgs)Science Daily. 2006. “Women’s Math Performance Affected by Theories on Sex

Differences,” 10/26/2006 (2 pgs)

Week 10 (Thursday): Pierre Bourdieu, Habitus, and Class Distinctions

Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002)

November 10th:

—Second exam paper due at beginning of class Calhoun, Craig et al. 2012. “The Sociological Theory of Pierre Bourdieu,” in

Classical Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 325-34 (8 pgs)Bourdieu, Pierre. 2012 [1994]. “Social Space and Symbolic Space,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 335-44 (10 pgs)Bourdieu, Pierre. 2012 [1994]. “Structures, Habitus, Practices,” in Classical

Sociological Theory, 3 rd edition , pp. 345-58 (13 pgs)

Week 11: Introduction to Postmodernism / Critical Approaches to Knowledge and Science

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) William James (1842-1910)

Brad Lewis (b. 1956) Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

November 15th: Nietzsche, Friedrich. 1873. “On Truth and Lie,” in The Portable Nietzsche, pp. 45-7

(2 pgs)James, William. 1907. Pragmatism: The Classic Writings, pp. 132-3; Pragmatism,

pg. 86 (3 pgs)Lewis, Bradley. 2006. Moving Beyond Prozac, DSM , and the New Psychiatry: The

Birth of Postpsychiatry, pp. 1-60, 97-120 (84 pgs)

November 17th: Foucault, Michel. 1979 [1975]. Discipline and Punish, pp. 27-8 (1 pg)Foucault, Michel. 1994 [1976]. “Two Lectures,” in Culture/Power/History: A Reader

in Contemporary Social Theory, pp. 210-1 (1 pg)Foucault, Michel. 1979 [1975]. Discipline and Punish, pp. 125-6 (1 pg)Foucault, Michel. 1980. “Truth and Power,” in Power/Knowledge: Selected

Interviews Other Writings, 1972-1977, pp. 131-3 (3 pgs)

Week 12: Foucault, Sexuality, and the Rise of Bio-Power

Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

—Third response paper due November 21 st by 7pm

November 22nd: Foucault, Michel. 1978 [1976]. The History of Sexuality: An Introduction (Vol. 1),

pp. 3-49, 81-109, 117-27, 135-47, 150-9 (106 pgs)Kaye, Kerwin. 2006. “Sexual Intercourse” (especially section on history). In

Introducing the New Sexuality Studies, pp. 121-6 (5 pgs)Kulick, Don, and Deborah Cameron. 2003. “A Nutshell Version of Foucault’s

Concept of Power,” in Language and Sexuality, pp. 112 (1 pg)Kaye, Kerwin. 2005. “A Distinctly non-Definitive Glossary of Foucauldian Terms”

(2 pgs)

November 24th: NO CLASS — Thanksgiving

Week 13 (Tuesday): Critical Race Theory

Michael Omi Howard Winant Cathy Cohen Chandra Mohanty

—Fourth response paper due either 11/28, 11/31, or 12/5 by 7pm

November 29th: Omi, Michael, and Howard Winant. 2001 [1994]. “Racial Formations,” in Race,

Class, and Gender in the United States, Fifth Edition, pp. 11-20 (7 pgs)Cohen, Cathy. 1996. “Contested Membership: Black Gay Identities and the Politics

of AIDS” in Queer Theory/Sociology, pp. 362-81, 387-94 (23 pgs)Mohanty, Chandra. 2003 [1984]. “Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and

Colonial Discourses,” in Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity, pp. 17-42 (26 pgs)

Erevelles, Nirmala. 2015. “Race.” in Keywords for Disability Studies, pp. 145-8 (4 pgs)

Week 13 (Thursday): Feminist Theory

Judith Butler Jennifer Nash Catherine Lutz

—Fourth response paper due either 11/28, 11/31, or 12/5 by 7pm

December 1st: Butler, Judith. 1993. Bodies that Matter, pp. ix-xii, 1-16 (20 pgs)Nash, Jennifer. 2008. “Re-Thinking Intersectionality,” Feminist Review, 8: 1-15 (14

pgs)Lutz, Catherine. 1995. “The Gender of Theory,” in Women Writing Culture, pp. 249-

66 (13 pgs)

Week 14: Queer Theory

John D’Emilio Adrienne Rich

David Valentine Martin Manalansan IV

—Fourth response paper due either 11/28, 11/31, or 12/5 by 7pm

December 6th: D’Emilio, John. 1993 [1983]. “Capitalism and Gay Identity,” in The Lesbian and Gay

Studies Reader, pp. 467-76 (10 pgs)Rich, Adrienne. 1993 [1980]. “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence,”

in Feminism and Sexuality: A Reader, pp. 130-43 (12 pgs).Valentine, David. 2002. “We’re ‘Not About Gender’: The Uses of ‘Transgender,’” in

Out in Theory: The Emergence of Lesbian and Gay Anthropology, pp. 222-45 (19 pgs)

Manalansan IV, Martin. 2005. “Race, Violence, and Neoliberal Spatial Politics in the Global City,” Social Text 84-5, 23(3-4): 141-55 (13 pgs)

Dean, Tim. 2015. “Queer,” in Keywords for Disability Studies, pp. 143-5 (3 pgs)

December 8th: (no readings/review)

Exam paper #3 due Saturday, December 17 th by noon (same time as final exam)