SOC 230 Psyche & Society
Through an interdisciplinary selection of readings students will understand the social and cultural forces that bring very specific forms of consciousness into existence. In other words, the main goal of this course is to help the student realize the extent to which the experience of “self” in society and culture is not governed by the immutability of physiological processes or the maturation of the human organism. This course will explore how the content and the experience of self is largely the result of traditions and practices that are historical and thus highly susceptible to transformation. While a sociological perspective informs the collection of readings, these are not always sociological and are culled from a variety of disciplines.