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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
SOCI0002-1  Sociology of Ideologies (Part)
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Bachelor in Political Sciences, 3rd yearSecond semester3
Bachelor in Sociology and Anthropology, 2nd yearSecond semester3
One-year preliminary programme leading to the Master in Labour SciencesSecond semester3
Bachelor in Information and Communication, 2nd yearSecond semester4
Bachelor in Information and Communication, 3rd yearSecond semester4
Holder(s) :  Marc Jacquemain
Language :  French language
Course contents :  The aim of the course is to present and analyse the notion of "ideology" in the broadest acception as "global worldview".

It studies societal functions of ideology but also mechanisms of ideological production and specificity of the notion whithin the "architecture of knowledge" (opinions, attitudes, representations).

He bears on classical theoreticians (Marx, Mannheim, Geertz), on modern authors (Castoriadis Ricoeur, Boltanski, Elster...) but also on literary works and pictures. He will also present some research work led inside University of Liege.
Course objective :  The course has two main goals

- on one hand, render students able to perceive implicit ideologies among which we live and to take distance form them.

- on the other end the study of ideological functioning and production as such, in order to understand how all social relations are "couloured" by ideology.
Organization :  Each lesson will be based on a classical text or a concrete example that will be analysed and decoded by the teacher.

Those text and examples will constitute the examination matter.
Written notes :  Texts and examples will be analysed and presented in a schematic way on slides. Students will get both texts and slides.
Assessment :  Oral examination for the two sessions
Contacts :  Marc JACQUEMAIN, tél: 04/ 366 30 72 - fax: 366 29 83
e-mail : marc.jacquemain@ulg.ac.be

Teaching assistant : Jérôme Pieters

Tel : 04/366 48 94. E-mail : j.pieters@ulg.ac.be


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