本課程介紹了19世紀至今社會學理論發展概況。主要包括:(a)社會學理論產生的社會基礎;(b)早期理論在當前情況下的意義和局限;(c)當代新社會學理論的產生; (d)科學技術作為社會制度所依賴的基礎設施,而被形塑並形塑自身。
This course presents a survey of social theory from the 19th century to the present. The focus is on (a) the social grounds from which the theory arises; (b) the utility and limitations of older theories for current conditions; (c) the creation of new theory out of contemporary conditions; (d) sciences and technologies as the infrastructures upon which social institutions depend, are shaped, and shape.