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Module Name
Module Code
Lecture Hrs
Practical Hrs
Credits
Introduction to Sociological Thought
SOCI1000Y(1)
3
0
6

Description
The emergence of sociology as a discipline, the political economy of the Enlightenment: Industrial Revolution and Intellectual Revolutions. Early Founders: Saint Simon and August Comte; Political— Philosophical Foundations : Montesquieu and the Marxian Watershed. Classical Thinkers : Herbert Spencer and George Simmel ; Emile Durkheim; Max Weber and V. Pareto. Development of Sociological Thought : Contribution of American Writers-Veblen, Cooley, Mead, Park and Sorokin; Contribution of Continental Writers—Mosca, Mitchell. Manhein, W. I. Thomas and F. Znaniecki ; Modern Thinkers-Talcott Parsons, Robert Merton, C. W. Mills.
Faculty Department
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Department of Social Studies
Contact Details
Administrative assistant: DILMAHOMED BOCUS Bibi Swaleha
Telephone: 4037400
Email: s.dilmahomed@uom.ac.mu
 

 


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