Ciclo Orientado en Ciencias Sociales y

Humanidades
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SOCIOLOGÍA
Guía nº 1: Unidad I:
¿Qué es la sociología?
La construcción de la realidad social. Imaginación sociológica y tipos de preguntas.
Conocimiento sociológico y sentido común. El contexto de surgimiento de la sociología:
modernidad y positivismo. La preocupación por el orden.
La sociedad como un organismo. El funcionalismo
Los hechos sociales y el método sociológico (Emile Durkheim). El avance del individualismo y
la anomia. La división social del trabajo y la solidaridad. El método comparativo. La función
social del castigo

Profesor: Julián Wolpowicz

Coordinadora del Área: María Inés Sombielle

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