Introduction to sociology

Syllabus and compulsory readings

Syllabus et lectures obligatoires

Olivier Godechot

2025-2026

In addition to the readings that you will study for the discussion sessions (conférences de méthodes), each lecture (cours magistral) comes with a compulsory weekly reading that the professor will discuss interactively with the students in class. In addition, one of the questions of the midterm and final exams will relate to one of these readings.

3 September 2025. Lecture 1. What’s sociology?

No compulsory reading!

10 September 2025. Lecture 2. Integration and social regulation (1). The Durkheimian contribution

Martínez-Alés, Gonzalo, et al. 2022. “The recent rise of suicide mortality in the United States.” Annual review of public health 43 (1): 99-116.

17 September 2025. Lecture 3. Integration and social regulation (2). From culture to interaction

Goffman, Erving. 1968 [1961]. “The Inpatient Phase”, Asylum. p. 146-169. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company.

Français : Goffman, Erving. 1968 [1961]. “La phase hospitalière”, Asiles, Paris : Minuitp. 201-226.

25 September 2024. Lecture 4. Social class and inequality (1): Classical approaches

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. 1888 [1847]. “Bourgeois and Proletarians”, Communist Manifesto, Marx/Engels Internet Archive (marxists.org).

Français : Marx, Karl et Friedrich Engels. 1888 [1847]. “Bourgeois et prolétaires”, Manifeste du Parti Communiste, Marx/Engels Internet Archive (marxists.org).

1 October 2025. Lecture 5. Social class and inequality (2): Contemporary approaches

Zola, Émile. 2006 [1877]. The visit of the Louvre, Chapter 3. L’assomoir, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8600.

Français : Zola, Émile. 2004 [1877]. La visite du Louvre, Chapitre 3. L’assomoir, https://www.ebooksgratuits.com/details.php?book=661.

8 October 2025. Lecture 6.Race and migration

Du Bois W.E.B. 2007 [1940]. “The concept of race”. In The Dusk of Dawn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 49-67.

15 October 2025. Lecture 7.Education

Bourdieu, Pierre and Michel Passeron. 1979 [1964]. “Games student play”, The Inheritors, The University of Chicago Press, p. 28-53.

Français : Bourdieu, Pierre and Michel Passeron. 1964. “Jeux sérieux et jeux du sérieux”, Les héritiers. Les étudiants et la culture, Minuit, p. 45-79.

22 October 2025. Lecture 8. Space

Anderson, Elijah. 2015. “The white space.” Sociology of race and ethnicity 1(1): 10-21.

5 November 2025. Lecture 9. Family and Gender

Moore, Mignon R. 2008. “Gendered Power Relations among Women: A Study of Household Decision Making in Black, Lesbian Step families”. American Sociological Review, 73(2), 335-356. https://doi.org/10.1177/000312240807300208

12 November 2025. Lecture 10. Religion

Weber, Max. 1965 [1922]. “The Prophet”, The Sociology of Religions.Methuen & Co Ltd, p. 46-60.

Français : Weber, Max. 2006 [1922]. “Le Prophète”, Sociologie de la religion, Flammarion, p. 152-173.

19 November 2025. Lecture 11. Markets and capitalism

Heilbron, Johan, Jochem Verheul, and Sander Quak. 2014. “The origins and early diffusion of “shareholder value” in the United States.” Theory and Society 43(1): 1-22.

26 November 2025. Lecture 12. Work and Organization

Roy, Donald. 1952. “Quota restriction and goldbricking in a machine shop.” American journal of sociology 57(5): 427-442.

Version française: Roy, Donald. 2000 [1952]. “Deux formes de freinage dans un atelier de mécanique: respecter les quotas et tirer au flanc.” Sociétés contemporaines 40(1): 29-56

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