FSS:SOCb2003 Seminar to Sociological Theory - Course Information

SOCb2003 Seminar to Contem. Sociological Theory

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Alica Synek Rétiová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Nedbálková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Alica Synek Rétiová, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! SOC103a Seminar to Sociological Theory

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

At the end of the course students should be able to:
understand and explain basic sociological paradigms and issues of contemporary sociological theory;
understand and explain key concepts and theoretical frameworks, which form the core of sociological paradigms and make them function as research programs for empirical analyses;
to distinguish between various interpretative capacities of sociological paradigms and their key concepts;
identify and formulate social problems by means of a sociological language and formulate these social problems in terms of sociological conceptual frames;
to interpret various types of empirical data in reference to broader social context.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge of the basic analytical apparatus of general sociological theory Ability to understand basic social processes on macro and macro level Basic knowledge of the processes of modernization Ability to employ relevant analytical apparatus for explaining various social processes and problems

Syllabus

• Introductory meeting
• Sociology as a way of looking at the world CH. W. Mills - The Sociological Imagination
• The role of sociological theory today I. Šrubař - On the meaning and construction of sociological theories Konopásek, Z. 2010. What does "social construction" mean?
• Gender, inequalities, performativity C. West & D.H. Zimmerman - Doing Gender E. Gofmann - We are all playing theater: Introduction
• Community, collectivity, nation B. Anderson - Ideas of Community: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
• Modernity, identity, crisis of legitimacy A. Giddens – Modernity & Self-identity: "The Self"
• Inequality, class, revolution Marx, K., Engels, B. Manifesto of the Communist Party
• Grounded theory Glaser, B.G. (1968). The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research (1st pub). Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Power, discourse, knowledge M. Foucault. History of sexuality
• Power, subject, state M. Foucault. Thinking Outside: "Subject and Power"
• Culture, art, literary field P. Bourdieu - The Rules of Art: "Emergence of a Double Structure" C. Szaló – "Symbolic Alchemy in the Literary Field" in Rules of Art
• Modernity, crisis of legitimacy D. Bell - The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism

Literature

required literature
• GOFFMAN, Erving. Všichni hrajeme divadlo : sebeprezentace v každodenním životě. Translated by Milada McGrathová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon, 1999, 247 s. ISBN 8090248241. info
• BOURDIEU, Pierre. The rules of art : genesis and structure of the literary field. Translated by Susan Emanuel. First published. Cambridge: Polity, 1996, xviii, 410. ISBN 9780745611525. info
• GIDDENS, Anthony. Modernity and self-identity : self and society in the late modern age. 1st pub. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991, [vii], 256. ISBN 0745609325. info

Teaching methods

seminars, presentations

Assessment methods

Presenations in all seminars. Short essays and position papers. Term paper.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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