Topics in Sociological Analysis (476-0-20)

Topic

Microsociology

Instructors

Gary A Fine
847/491-3495
1810 Chicago Ave. Rm. 221
Gary Alan Fine received his Ph. D. in Social Psychology from Harvard University and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. This year he is a member of the School of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study.<br><br> He writes on microsociological theory, focusing on small group culture, and has recently published Tiny Publics: A Theory of Group Culture and Action (2012). He is currently working on an analysis of small groups and civil society, The Hinge: Group Culture and the Public Sphere.

Meeting Info

Parkes Hall 222: Tues 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

"Microsociology"

This seminar is designed to expose you to the realm of sociological research that focuses on the dynamics of interaction and the role of small groups in organizing society. Much of the heritage and unique contribution of sociology, of course, is to examine states, institutions, organizations, transcendent forces, and Durkheim social facts. Microsociology takes a different approach, equally sociological. Our task is to examine the structure and the process of interaction. We examine those elements that are local and are observable. This is our mandate as microsociologists.

Class Materials (Required)

This course will have required books/other materials.

Please contact instructor for further information. This is a tentative list:
Sigmund Freud, Group Psychology
Erving Goffman, Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
George Herbert Mead, Mind, Self & Society
Eviatar Zerubavel, Social Mindscapes

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Sociology/MORS PhD Students