Advanced Introduction to Theories in the Social Sciences II. Themes in social theory and late modernity
Programma
Goal of the course is to address themes and approaches that developed in social theory to account for late modern society, understood as the social order emerging as a result of the systems crisis that took place between the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Among the topics that will be addressed: post-modernism; artificial intelligence; post-politics; the risk society; new materialisms; science and governance.
The course will be organized in meetings, each one dedicated to a specific topic, building also on discussions of assigned readings.
Obiettivi formativi
The main objective is to draw attention to the way in which major socio-technical changes, begun in the latter part of the twentieth century and of increasing significance, have been recognised and interpreted, reflecting on how social theory has both been influenced by these changes and has sought to provide conceptual tools to govern them.