SOC574 SOCIOLOGY FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE
| Course Code: |
2320574 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Sociology for the Anthropocene interrogates planetary crisis through radical social theory. asking
whether capitalism?not humanity writ large?drives ecological breakdown. This breakdown occurs
unevenly across geographical and socio-cultural contexts. demanding a critical stance on social justice
worldwide. Moving from critique to possibility. students analyze how urgent challenges are entangled
with post-capitalist alternatives. This discussion-intensive seminar demands rigorous engagement with
complex theory and interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersections of social theory. decolonial theory.
political ecology. democracy and social movements studies.
