I would like to study cultural or historical sociology formally sometime. A few topics that interest me:
-How religion progresses generationally (how it is passed down from generation to generation)
*Socioeconomic Determinism in general
-Development of classes and class identity
-entertainment/how leisure time is spent
-educational system
*Social Institutions in general, such as education, religion, family, and economy
-taboos
-appearance in different societies, such as hair and clothing
-convergence of cultures and assimilation
-myths and folklore, especially non-western
-treatment of the mentally ill and prisoners in society
-subcultures and countercultures
-social norms and mores
-third world economic systems
-development and evolution of cultural revolutions/upheavals
-architecture and art as a reflection of social attitudes and values
One subject I am particularly interested in is Post WWII/1950s culture, especially in the United States. I am especially intrigued by the baby boom and suburban life and how it lead to the counterculture movements in the 1960s and changes in religion, the arts, social values, and change in gender, racial, and sexual relations.
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Sounds like you need a PhD in sociology—although if you want to study Third World economic systems, you should study economics.
I did think about that, that I should study economics if I was interested in Third World economic systems, but I would probably be interested in the social conditions surrounding and creating the economic systems.
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