HYM4870

Social theory and social history

(ART)

Not offered in 2000

Graeme Davison

8 or 12 points + 2-hour seminar per week + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: An examination of recent debates about the relationship between social theory and social history focusing on selected writers and texts including Marx, Weber, Freud, Bloch, Braudel, E P Thompson, Michel Foucault and representative feminist and ethnographic historians.

Assessment: 8 points - Research essay (4000 words): 60% + Take-home examination (2000 words): 40%. 12 points - Research essay (4000 words): 40% + Essay (3000 words): 30% + Take-home examination (2000 words): 30%