SOCI 110

Personal Troubles and Public Issues

Course Description

A survey of various social factors that shape individual identity and sense of self. The contemporary world is "broken" in the sense that social institutions, practices, and conventions are increasingly fragmented and lack broad social consensus. It is today very difficult for individuals to appeal to a common set of beliefs, traditions, and values regarding the most basic social practices, such as marriage, religion, or war. What is right and what is wrong remains murky and so society lacks the basic consensus for creating and enforcing general rules of everyday interaction.

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