B000112 - SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL PROCESSES

Italiano

The meaning of culture. Forms and components of culture. Ideology, common sense and religion. Public sphere and public opinion. Culture and social stratification. Relationship between culture and political and economical development. The social construction of meaning. Cultural production and consumption. Globalization and culture. Culture and consumption. Media and culture.

- Griswold W., Sociologia della cultura, Il Mulino
- Sorrentino C., LA società densa, Le Lettere

For non-attending students also:

- Sciolla L., Sociologia dei processi culturali, il Mulino

Students have to be able to menage different and fundamental concepts about culture faced during the course. Students must acquire specific knowledges of why modern societies are chatacterised by cultural differentation and how this influences individual action and social life. Obviously, students must be able to link concepts acquired during lessons to social concepts and specific current social issues.

Knowledge of the main theories and sociological methods

Lessons, working class, groups discussions

The written exam will consist of a questionnaire with 8
multiple-choice questions and in writing two 45 lines texts.
During the oral exam the student must deepen the different topics of the course.

First part - what is culture

Components of the culture

Dimensions of culture

Cultural pluralism

High, popular and mass culture

Relationship between society and culture

Second part - Cultural processes

Why we need to build up meanings

Process of socialization

Actors of socialization

Cultural perspectives

Construction of common sense

Religion and secularization

Importance of communication


Third part - Globalization and culture

Culture as dimension of globalization

Transformations of the public sphere

Acceleration of imagination

Cutlural hybridization

Subcultures

Cultural production

Cultural consumption