Prof Monika Krause STC S207

This course is available on the MA in Modern History, MSc in Culture and Society, MSc in Political Sociology, MSc in Political Theory and MSc in Sociology. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course has a limited number of places (it is controlled access). Places are allocated based on a written statement. Priority will be given to students who have this course listed in their programme regulations. This may mean that not all students who apply will be able to get a place on this course.

The course examines a range of key traditions and issues in contemporary social theory. Based on the study of texts and debates, students have an opportunity to consider and discover the stakes and choices involved in adopting different theoretical perspectives and their application in social research.

This course is delivered through a combination of lectures, online materials and seminars totalling a minimum of 20 hours in the LT.

Reading Weeks: Students on this course will have a reading week in LT Week 6, in line with departmental policy.

Class presentations and one piece of formative writing in LT.

Bourdieu, P. (1996) The Rules of Art. The Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field. Stanford University Press.

Haraway, D. (2016) Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press.

Latour, B. (1993) We have never been modern. Harvard University Press.

Negt, O. and Kluge, A. (1988) Public Sphere and Experience. Verso.

Said, E. (1978) Orientalism. Pantheon Books.

Benzecry, C., Krause, M. and Reed, I. (2019) Social Theory Now. Chicago University Press.

Essay (100%, 5000 words) in the ST.

An electronic copy of the assessed essay, to be uploaded to Moodle, no later than 4.00pm on the first Tuesday of Summer Term. 

Attendance at all classes and submission of all set coursework is required.