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SOC 206 Online Reader



I. INTRODUCTION/COURSE/THE SOCIOLOGY SHOP

The Sociology Shop

SOC 206 Room



II. CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY/SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS/INSTITUTIONS

A. Definition of Sociology

B. Sociological Concepts

Critical
Radical
Presupposing
Obvious
Ideology
Social Relation
Synergism
Levels of Reality & LOR Table
Definition of the Situation

C. Institutions

D. Social Institutions

E. Types of Societies



III. EDUCATION---Chapter 12

A. Characteristics of American Education System

B. Chapter 2 from Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

C. Summary of Banking and Problem-Posing and Commentary

D. A Problem-Posing Approach




IV. FAMILY---Chapter 11

A. Overstreet quote on the "Family"

B. Which of these is a Family?

C. The Way We Weren't

D. The American Family

E. Spousal Abuse Rates

F. Am I Parenting Material?



V. HEALTH & HEALTH CARE---Chapter 15

A. "Health as a Virtue" by Ivan Illich

B. "The Psychology of Normalcy" by Erich Fromm

C. Medicine Gives Us a Longer Life?

D. Sickness as Deviance and the Issue of Social Control

E. The Medicalization of Old Age



VI. RELIGION---Chapter 14

A. Sociology of Religion...Durkheim

B. Marx on Religion
His own words

C. Marx, Religion, and Sociology of Religion
by David H. Kessel

D. Freedom of Religion or Belief
A Country by Country Analysis

E. Religion Gateway: Resources



VII. THE MEDIA

A. Who Owns What
Details galore

B. The Big Ten

C. What's Wrong With This Picture?
by Mark Crispin Miller

D. Marxist Media Theory
Daniel Chandler

E. Media Reform Information Center
Links and Resources on Media Reform



VIII. MILITARY/SECURITY

A. Against Empire
Chapter 3: Intervention: Whose gain? Whose pain?
by Michael Parenti

B. Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
by William Blum

C. Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II
by William Blum



IX. POLITICAL ECONOMY---Chapter 13

A. Pre-Political and Political Thought

B. Capitalism: From Three Perspectives

C. Sectors of Economy

D. Fiscal Crisis of the State

E. Labor and Alienated Labor in Capitalist Society
A short outline of Marx's Concept of Alienation



X. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS & SOCIAL CHANGE---Chapter 17

A. Comparative Characteristics of Social Change Theories

B. Society as Drama
Outline of Chapter 6 from INVITATION TO SOCIOLOGY by Peter L. Berger
-----Entire Chapter 6 online



XI. CONCLUSION

A. Celebration of Awareness

B. The Future is Now