Registrar Home | Registrar Search:
Home | Subject Search | Help | Symbols Help | Pre-Reg Help | Final Exam Schedule | My Selections

MIT Subject Listing & Schedule
IAP/Spring 2025 Search Results

Searched for:

1 subject found.

24.236 Topics in Social Theory and Practice
______

Undergrad (Spring) HASS Humanities
(Subject meets with 24.636)
Prereq: One philsophy subject or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR9.30-11 (24-307) +final
______
An in-depth consideration of a topic in social theory with reflection on its implications for social change. Examples of topics include race and racism; punishment and prison reform; global justice and human rights; gender and global care chains; environmentalism and industrial agriculture; bioethics, disability, and human enhancement; capitalism and commodification; and sexuality and the family. Readings draw from both social science and philosophy with special attention to the normative literature relevant to the issue. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment may be limited; preference to Course 24 majors and minors.
R. Fraser
No textbook information available