300663 Sociology of Health and Illnes (MA: Soziologie der globalen Welt) (S) (SoSe 2025)
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This seminar analyzes and criticizes the complex relationships between social factors and health and illness. We will discuss major topics in the field of sociology of health and illness within political, economic, and cultural context. Example topics are definitions of health, factors influence death, disease and illness, the social construction of health and illness, the "sick role" and medicalization, as well as current dilemmas from the field of reproductive genetics, egg frizzing and posthumous reproduction. We will try whenever possible to place issues in a global context, but we will focus mainly on views from Germany and Israel.
Students are welcome to explore these topics in their seminar papers. In preparation for the seminar paper, we will also discuss various methodological and ethical challenges in collecting quantitative and qualitative data.
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Dates ( Calendar view )
| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| one-time | Fr | 10:00-14:00 | X-B3-115 | 20.06.2025 | |
| one-time | Fr | 10:00-14:00 | X-B3-115 | 27.06.2025 | |
| one-time | Fr | 10:00-14:00 | X-B3-115 | 04.07.2025 | |
| one-time | Fr | 10:00-14:00 | X-B3-115 | 11.07.2025 | |
| one-time | Do | 10:00-14:00 | X-D2-236 | 17.07.2025 | |
| one-time | Fr | 10:00-14:00 | X-B3-115 | 18.07.2025 |
Subject assignments
| Module | Course | Requirements | |
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| 30-M-Soz-M8a Soziologie der globalen Welt a | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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| 30-M-Soz-M8b Soziologie der globalen Welt b | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information | |
| 30-M-Soz-M8c Soziologie der globalen Welt c | Seminar 1 | Study requirement
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| - | Graded examination | Student information |
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This seminar will be taught entirely in English. Students should prepare for the classes by reading the literature and being actively involved in the discussions during the sessions. Typically, I will begin with a presentation to provide background for understanding the readings. The discussion that follows will be grounded in the reading.
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