Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
8SOC 404Historical Sociology3+0+035

Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program BA Program in Sociology
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course This course, as expectedly, sits at the intersection of two disciplines of social science, namely, History and Sociology and it aims to integrate the historical analysis as a critical dimension to the sociological inquiry.
Course Content During the course, this perspective will be reflected in various questions of social science. On the one hand, students will be introduced the works of the prominent scholars of the field, such as, Theda Skocpol, Peter Evans and Michael Mann, more contemporary and critical accounts will also be discussed. Another objective of the course will be demonstrating novelty and modernity of some concepts such as nation and nation-state by elaborating their historical roots. Last but not least, the emergence and gradual predomination of capitalism as an all-encompassing economic system across the world will be at the center of the class discussion. As a social and political reaction to capitalism, the rise of working class and the social movements based on the social discontents will also be discussed.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Instructor Dr. Tesnim Khriji
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources
? Adams, Julia, Elisabeth S. Clemens, and Ann S. Orloff. 2005. “Introduction: Social Change, Modernity, and the Three Waves of Historical Sociology.” ss. 1–72 in Remaking Modernity: Politics, History, and Sociology (Politics, History, and Culture), edited by J.Adams, E. S. Clemens, and A. S. Orloff. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press. ? Adams, Julia. 2005. The Familial State: Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ss. 13-37. ? Braudel,

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 20
Assignment 1 % 25
Attendance 1 % 15
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
4
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 4 56
Assignments 1 10 10
Mid-terms 1 8 8
Final examination 1 8 8
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 124

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Understanding the specific methodology of historical sociology.
2 Explaining the major theoretical debates in the field of historical sociology.
3 Discussing the responses to the Euro-centric approaches in the field.
4 Understanding the role of race and ethnicity in the criteria of inclusion of the modern nation-states.
5 Comparing and contrasting the existing different theoretical approaches with a critical manner.


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction • Smith, Dennis. 1991. The Rise of Historical Sociology, pp. 1-7. • Calhoun, Craig. 2003. “Why Historical Sociology?” in Gerard Delanty and Engin Işın eds., Handbook of Historical Sociology. London: Sage; pp. 383-395.
2 History of the Historical Sociology • Adams, Julia, Elisabeth S. Clemens, and Ann S. Orloff. 2005. “Introduction: Social Change, Modernity, and the Three Waves of Historical Sociology.” pp. 1–72 in Remaking Modernity: Politics, History, and Sociology (Politics, History, and Culture), edited by J.Adams, E. S. Clemens, and A. S. Orloff. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press.
3 Engaging with theory • Griffin, Larry J. 1995. “How is Sociology Informed by History?” Social Forces 73:1245-1254. • Mahoney, James. 2004. “Revisiting General Theory in Historical Sociology,” Social Forces (December 2004).
4 Basic themes and research agenda • Skocpol, Theda. “Recurrent Strategies and Emerging Agendas in Historical Sociology,” Chapter 11 of Vision and Method in Historical Sociology, Idem (ed.) Cambridge University Press, 1984. • Kiser, Edgar and Michael Hechter. 1998. “The Debate on Historical Sociology: Rational Choice Theory and Its Critics.” American Journal of Sociology 104:722-84.
5 Phase One: Old empires, new nations • Smith, Dennis. 1991. The Rise of Historical Sociology, pp. 8-27. • Parsons, Talcott. 1970. The Social System. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 1-44.
6 Phase One&Two – Ideology and conflict (Research paper proposal deadline) • Smith, Dennis. 1991. The Rise of Historical Sociology, pp. 27-67.
7 Midterm Exam
8 Phase Two – Reason and revolution: Skocpol and Tilly • Smith, Dennis. 1991. The Rise of Historical Sociology, pp. 68-85. • Skocpol, Theda. 1979. States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, chs. 1. • Tilly, Charles 1992. Coercion, Capital and European States, AD 990-1990. Blackwell, chs. 1.
9 Phase Three – Feudalism and World Economy • Smith, Dennis. 1991. The Rise of Historical Sociology, pp. 86-104. • Wallerstein, Immanuel. 2004. World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction, Duke U. Press. Chs. 1, 2.
10 Phase Three – Social Power and Theory • Smith, Dennis. 1991. The Rise of Historical Sociology, pp. 104-130. • Braudel, Fernand. 1992. Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century, University of California Press. Chapter 5. pp. 334-384. • Mann, Michael 2005. “The Sources of Social Power Revisited: a Response to Criticism”, in John Hall & Ralph Schroeder (eds.), The Anatomy of Power. Cambridge University Press.
11 Rise of the Modern State • Gorski, Philip S. 1993. “The Protestant Ethic revisited: disciplinary revolution and state formation in Holland and Prussia” American Journal of Sociology, vol. 99. • Adams, Julia. 2005. The Familial State: Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. pp. 13-37.
12 Phase Three – Historical Social Theory (Research Paper Submission Deadline) • Smith, Dennis. 1991. The Rise of Historical Sociology, pp. 130-155, 171-184. • Giddens, Anthony. 1995. A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism, Palgrave Macmillan.
13 Methodology • Mahoney, James and Gary Goertz. 2006. “A Tale of Two Cultures: Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research,” Political Analysis 14:3 (Summer 2006): 227-249. • Pierson, Paul. 2003. “Big, Slow-Moving, and…Invisible.” Pp. 177–207 in Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences, Macrosocial Processes in the Study of Comparative Politics, edited by J. Mahoney and D. Rueschemeyer. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
14 Challenges to the Conventional • Syed Farid Alatas, The Historical Sociology of Muslim Societies: Khaldunian Applications, International Sociology 2007; 22; 267 • Delanty, Gerard. 2006. The handbook of contemporary European social theory. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Chapter 13: Subaltern Studies and Postcolonial Historiography


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13
C1 5
C2 3 5
C3 4 5 3
C4 4 3 4
C5 4 5 3

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant


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