Sociology of Knowledge
Code
711081071
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Sociologia
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Prerequisites
Subject matter
Bibliography
Mannheim, K. (1986). Ideologia e utopia. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara.
Adorno, Theodor. W. (1981) The sociology of knowledge and its consciousness, in Prisms. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, pp. 35-49.
Khun, T.S. (1962). Las revoluciones como cambios del concepto del mundo in La estructura de las revoluciones científicas. Ciudad de México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, pp. 176-211
Hekman, S. (1986). Hermeneutics and the sociology of knowledge. London: Polity Press.
Berger, P. & Luckmann, T. (1966). A construção social da realidade. Rio de Janeiro: Vozes.
Merton, R.K. (1972). Insiders and outsiders\". Am. Jou. Soc. 78 (1), pp. 9-47.
Bloor, D. (1976). Knowledge and social imagery. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
McCarthy, E.D. (1996). Knowledge as culture: The new sociology of knowledge. London: Routledge.
Santos, B.S. (1978). Da sociologia da ciência à política científica, Rev. Crít. Ciên. Soc (1), pp. 11-56.
Bourdieu, P. (ed.) (1990). In other words. Stanford University Press
Teaching method
Theoretical lectures based on supporting material; research work; analysis and discussion of theoretical texts.
Evaluation method
Grading will be based on: a writen test in class (50%); and the elaboration of a final essay (min. 15 pp.) that could be a theoretical reflection of one or more topics of the syllabus or, in alternative, an empirical research.