<p>Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Conceptualizations of time seen from scientific, philosophical, historical, and sociological perspectives; cyclical and linear time in primitive, ancient, and medieval societies; ritual, the sacred, and experience of the eternal; structuring of urban, modern, and postmodern societies by clock, calendar, and schedule; future value orientation and notion of progress; time, labor, and social domination. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Sociology

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Sociology is the study of the organization, dynamics, and consequences of social life.

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Sociology of Time

SOCIOL 129

4 units