Work in Contemporary Society

Catalog description

The course will consist of an examination of the sociological, historical, and political aspects of work within the current and dominant mode of production. Included will be an introduction to, and critique of, political economy. A special emphasis will be placed on the (non) experience of class and class-consciousness. Globalism as an ideology and post-Fordism as a process will be analyzed within the socio-economic contexts of work and consumption related phenomena. Prerequisite: SOC 111.