Sociology lectures

Globalization of social and cultural processes in the modern world and its consequences.

Cultural ethnocentrism and cultural relativism

Leadership, social neglecting and social dilemmas.

Scientific-theoretical and socio-historical prerequisites for the emergence of sociology.

General characteristics of sociological research: structure and types.

The object and subject of sociology. The place of sociology in the system of social sciences.

Polling as a method of basic sociological information collecting.

The main components of culture

Concept and types of social deviation. Deviation and delinquency

Reasons for explaining deviant behavior (biological, psychological, etc.)

The process of social mobility

Family as a social institution.

The correlation of the concepts "individual", "individuality", "personality"

Individual socialization

Individual socialisation (mechanisms, stages, agents and institutions)

Social activities, interaction and social relations.

Social change and social development. Concepts of social progress

Social norms. Law and morality as regulators of social relationships

Social regulators of personal behavior and social control

Social Positivism by A. Comte

Sociological concept of V. Pareto (1848-1923)

The sociological concept of M. Weber (1864-1920)

The sociological concept of E. Durkheim (1858-1917)

R. Merton’s theory of anomie

The mass culture phenomenon and its social bases

Formal and informal organizations. Bureaucratization as a feature of formal organizations

Formation of primary social relationships

Social inequality and social classes