What is Alienation?
Capitalist production alienates workers from their products, their labour power, themselves and their own souls.
Marxism, Sociology key terms
Sociology
teaching and learning theory
How I Structure A-Level Sociology Lessons
Below is an overview of broad structure I use to teach every topic in the A-level sociology syllabus, and it’s
Ethnicity, Race and Ethnicity
An Introduction to Ethnicity
ethnicity is cultural, and often contrasted to ‘race’ which refers to biological differences.
Sociology concepts
Top Ten ‘Big Questions’ for A-Level Sociology Students
Does society shape the individual? Do class, gender, ethnicity influence our life chances? How and why do societies change?
Sex and gender
An Introduction to Sex, Gender and Gender Identity
The aim of this post is to provide a very brief introduction to the very complex topic of sex, gender
Postmodernism and Late Modernsim
Postmodernism in Sociology: Key Ideas and Examples of Postmodern Thinkers
A summary of the work of three postmodern thinkers: Lyotard, Baudrillard and Bauman who argue that we need to think differently about the social world now we have moved out of the modernity.
Social Theories
An Introduction to Social Action Theory
individuals are active and social theory needs to develop an empathetic understanding of people’s actions.
Sociology key terms
What is the Sociological Imagination?
A brief summary of, and elaboration on Anthony Giddens’ take on what the sociological imagination involves… Learning to think sociologically
Book summaries
Giddens – What is Sociology?
A summary of Giddens’ ‘Sociology’ (2017): The Introduction ‘The world we live in today can feel liberating and exciting but,
education, Marxism
The Illusion of the Equality of Opportunity
Marxist sociologists Bowles and Gintis argue that capitalist societies are not meritocratic. Against Functionalists, they argue that it is not