Contemporary Social Theory
Training Provider: Singapore University of Social Sciences
Course Reference: TGS-2024047327
S$1,461
About This Course
Appraise the core ideas and concepts of contemporary social theories
Demonstrate knowledge of the major traditions and influences in contemporary social theory
Examine the interactions between the major theoretical schools in explaining social transformations
Assess the applicability of contemporary social theory to understanding the current social order
Analyse problems in current society using contemporary social theories
Apply theoretical ideas to substantive social issues
What You'll Learn
Today’s advanced capitalist societies have produced new orders and new complexities for social life and its governance. Contemporary social theories play a role in highlighting and theorizing about the social forces shaping today’s world. The course covers the critical inquiries of selected prominent thinkers from the 20th century onwards, on salient topics such as power and conflict, democracy, new technologies and risk, and will consider what these mean not only for social and public policy but particularly for the individual citizen and social action (the structure-agency debate). It will explore developments in social and political thought and what these bring to current debates surrounding the 4th industrial revolution, new economies and work, digitalisation, identity and the self, and more.
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