Acquiring basic academic knowledge about contemporary sociological theories.

By mastering the material from this subject, the student will be:
Familiar with theoretical and conceptual paradigms and discourses in the third phase of the historical development of sociology (from Foucault to the present day);
Able to master the conceptual apparatus of each individual theoretical paradigm;
Able to apply acquired theoretical knowledge in understanding, analyzing and criticizing everyday social phenomena and processes.

• Michel Foucault's theory of discursive practice
• Jacques Derrida's theory of deconstruction
• Jürgen Habermas' theory of communicative action
• Symbolic interactionism (Blumer, Goffman)
• Ethnomethodology (Garfinkel, Douglas, Polner)
• Phenomenological sociology (Sic, Berger, Lukman)
• Rationalist theories: Theory of exchange (Homans); Theory of rational choice (Coleman, Elster); Methodological individualism of Raymond Boudon
• Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice
• Feminist sociology (Beauvoir, Bernard, Oakley, Smith)
• Theory of reflexive modernity by Anthony Giddens
• Jean Baudrillard's theory of simulation
• Postmodernist theory of Jean Francois Lyotard
• Sigmund Bauman's theory of fluidity
• Theory of networked society by Manuel Castells
• Biopolitical theory of George Agamben

1. Lalman, M. (2002). Istorija socioloških ideja. Beograd: Zavod za udžbenike. • Ricer, Dž. (2009). Savremena sociološka teorija i njeni klasični koreni. Beograd: Službeni glasnik (odabrani dijelovi). • Spasić, I. (1998). Interpretativna sociologija. Beograd: Zavod za udžbenike (odabrani dijelovi).

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Students' knowledge is checked through 2 colloquiums, a seminar paper, attendance and activity in class, and an oral exam.

Lectures and exercises with interactive learning. Interactive learning in groups.
Showing video material and documentaries. Seminars in literature. Written seminar papers. Oral comments and short presentations in class. Consultations.