Philosophical studies | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Sociologia generale (SPS/07)
Field: Discipline scientifiche demoetnoantropologiche, pedagogiche, psicologiche e economiche
Type of training activity: Characterising

80 hours
of face-to-face activities

12 credits

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course unit
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Learning objectives

Educational objectives To introduce students:
- The history of sociology;
- The distinction between social identity and narrative identity

Prerequisites

knowledge of the history of modern society

Course unit content

Course Title: Social identity and narrative identity
The course includes an institutional part, in which the student is
introduced to the study of the discipline and its research methods, and
a monographic section where the modern paradigm of social identity is
compared with some research directions that favor the use
of narrative identity.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Texts of reference texts for the exam.
Institutional part:
G. Procacci, A. Szakolczai, The discovery of the company, Carocci, Rome,
2003.
M. Weber, The method of the social sciences, (chapter on Sociology
including), Einaudi, Torino, 1974 (or other issue).
Elements of the research method:
A. Bosi, A. Pozzi, Thinking Feline, I clapped, Parma, 2011.
Monographic section:
A. Bosi, the same or the difference, Unicopli, Milan, 2011.
S. Sassen, A Sociology of Globalization, Einaudi, Torino, 2008.

Teaching methods

a) lectures
b) seminar lectures
c) quantitative social research methodology
d) the methodology of qualitative social research
e) narrative interview
f) listening narrative

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment methods learning
a) discussion during the lesson
b) individual recap from the previous lesson
c) written test
d) oral

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