TY - JOUR AU - McCarthy, E. PY - 2010/04/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - THEORIES OF CULTURE & KNOWLEDGE JF - TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology JA - TRAILS VL - IS - SE - DO - UR - https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/theories-of-culture-knowledge SP - AB - An introduction to the expanding field of the sociology of knowledge and culture, including a discussion of the reasons for the resurgence of culture into the forefront of our understanding. The course is principally a course in the ways that sociologists and other social scientists have conceptualized and studied the relationship of mind and society: how socialization and internalization of cultural forms (language, knowledge, ideas, concepts, and entire worldviews) occurs and how human beings shape and are shaped by their social worlds (the problem of human agency). Social theories of the self and identity are also covered, including contemporary discussions of the politics of identity within postmodernity and globalization and the emergence of social movements of nations, sexualities, ethnicities, and women. ER -