Mandatory Subjects

Anthropological Theory/Master’s/Doctorade

The subject Anthropological Theory intends to approach the history of the ideas that configured the different aspects of anthropological thought, inserting them in the contexts of intellectual discussion of the development of anthropology. For this purpose, the chronological cut is used, which will show how these anthropological ideas were structured in schools of thought. These schools of thought, which constituted the so-called classical anthropological model, are associated with the major national traditions that marked the history of Anthropology. The aim of this subject is to examine the theoretical diversity of anthropological thought from the 1960s, with focus on the movements that contributed to its restructuring as the process of decolonization of the world, which brought the emergence of peripheral anthropologies as a corollary; as well as the renewed relations with other subjects of the humanities and natural sciences.

Theory of Political Science/Master’s/Doctorade

Main themes of the theoretical discussion about politics from antiquity to the present day. The beginnings of de bate about the good life in society. The city and the citizens. Foundations of authority. Role of institutions. Divine power and mundane power. Legitimate bases of the state. Politics and economy. Popular representation. Social classes and politics. Democracy and law. To present the theoretical origins of the discussion about the political phenomenon and the debate about the city, its institutions and the role of the citizens in its organization, advancing in the unfolding about the best way to lead this participation. The course is based on seminars on classical works by leading authors of political theory, and thus ends up taking on a chronological format: such works have become classics precisely because they expound accurate analyzes of the political dynamics of their time, and the political process Is always a fundamental part of historical development.

Sociological Theory/ Master’s/Doctorade

Sociology and modern society: context and influence of classical social theory. Relational and material foundations of society in Karl Marx. Concrete historical reproduction of capitalism and class relations. Social order and legitimate domination in Max Weber. Power, inequality and rationality in modern society. Normative order and social integration in Emile Durkheim. Differentiation and reproduction in modern society. The course aims to provide a global overview of the Social Theory of the second half of the twentieth century, examining the particular perspectives of functionalism and system theory, liberalism and neo-liberalism, the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School, the developments of Marxist theory And theoreticians such as Norbert Elias, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Anthony Giddens, Jurgen Habermas, the theories of post-modernity and the discussion between communitarians and individualists.

Theory in Social Sciences/Master’s/Doctorate

The subject is justified as part of compulsory training by offering an advanced and integrated four key principles of analysis applied in the social sciences, such as culture, social action and social structure. It highlights the dimensions of diversity and continuity in social theory. It seeks to integrate approaches and to transcend certain artificial theoretical and disciplinary differences. It establishes a framework of theorizing about some of the key orders of contemporary society. Objectives: To locate the role of theory, metatheory and concepts in advancing knowledge of the social sciences. Acquire an advanced knowledge of the main explanatory principles applied in the social sciences.Incorporate the original contributions of relevant contemporary theorists. To form an interpretive framework of some of the key ordinances of contemporary society.