Carleton University · SOCI 5005

Recurring Debates in Social Thought

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Recurring issues and debates in the discipline. Topics such as the nature of social science; the objective world versus social construction; questions of evidence, meaning and measurement; agency versus structure; the relation between research and praxis; knowledge and power, may be considered.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): restricted to graduate students in sociology. Others may be admitted by permission of the Department.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): restricted to graduate students in sociology. Others may be admitted by permission of the Department.
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Recurring issues and debates in the discipline. Topics such as the nature of social science; the objective world versus social construction; questions of evidence, meaning and measurement; agency versus structure; the relation between research and praxis; knowledge and power, may be considered.

  • Prerequisite(s): restricted to graduate students in sociology. Others may be admitted by permission of the Department.

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