TY - JOUR AU - Savelsberg, Joachim PY - 2010/04/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY JF - TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology JA - TRAILS VL - IS - SE - DO - UR - https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/sociological-theory-savelsberg SP - AB - This course offers a graduate level introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory. I pursue several purposes: (1) to provide an overview of the ideas of leading sociological theorists and schools; (2) to understand the emergence of their works and ideas from a sociological perspective; (3) to examine the theories in terms of current day debates (e.g., general versus situational theory; structure-agency problem; micro-macro link; causality); and (4) to see the potential of sociological theory as it informs empirical sociological research. (5) In addition, the course links together classical and contemporary theorists. This will challenge course participants to recognize continuities and change in the history of sociological theory. Most of all, this course ought to be exciting. Each week we will explore new, challenging, and potentially rewarding terrain. These units can, of course, only offer an introduction that will come to fruition after more intense dedication to individual theorists and schools in the course of your graduate training and beyond. ER -