SOC157 Mental Maps

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Miloš Havelka, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:30 P24
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course will introduce selected analyses of cultural and political space in sociology and the sociology of knowledge. The course will compare different mental maps of Central Europe and highlight more general theoretical and methodological problems of this perspective.
Syllabus
  • (1) Metasociological background: two approaches to theory; constructivism and material dominance in social structures. (2) Sociology of space: why should sociology study space?; some representatives (G. Simmel, A. Giddens, P. Bourdieu). (3) Sociology of space: basic concepts (place, city, space; forms, institutions of power, social fields, etc.); temporal and spatial perspectives; contemporary non-contemporaneity. (4) Outreaches and differences: sociology of cities (place without space?) and sociology of space (space without place?). (5) Outreaches and differences: space and everyday life; action, frontiers. (6) Spaces and identity: individual, collective and communicative identity and their frames; neighborhood and identities. (7) Spaces and identity: historical sociology of knowledge; virtual spaces and mental maps; modern (Atlantic) and postmodern (Pacific) space of A. Toynbee. (8) Eastern, Western and Central Europe as a geographical, political and mental construction of the past and the present. (9) European axes: North – South, East – West: changes of spirit as changes of borders; images of Europe and her cultural arenas. (10) The origins of the term „Central Europe“ in 19th century: the battle of Aspern, the Vienna Congress, the battle of Sadova; Central Europe as a political and a cultural concept. (11) Discussions about Central Europe in 1960’s: C. Magris, K. E. Schorske, W. Johnston, K. Kosík. (12) Central-European notion of Central Europe – Polish perspective: Central Europe as „intermarium“ (between the Baltic and the Black sees); O. Halecki, H. Orlowski, P. S. Wandysz, K. Pomian, C. Milosz, L. Żyliňski. (13) Central-European notion of Central Europe: Slovenian-Croatian perspective: nationalistic and anti-Semitic Central Europe. (14) Central-European notion of Central Europe – Hungarian perspective: Central Europe in the Carpathians; I. Bibó, F. Fejtö, J. Szücs, J. Novak, A. Gönz, G. Konrad. (15) East-Western notion of Central Europe – Slovak perspective: M. Hodža. (16) East-Western notion of Central Europe – German perspective: F. Naumann, J. Partsch, C. Frantz. (17) East-Western notion of Central Europe – Czech perspective: Central Europe between Russia and Germany; F. Palacký, T. G. Masaryk, J. Kaizl, J, Pekař, K. Krofta, F. Weltsch, H. Ripka, K. Kosík, M. Kundera.
Literature
  • SZŰCS, Jenő. Tri historické regióny Európy. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Kalligram, 2001, 130 s. ISBN 80-7149-263-9. info
  • KOSÍK, Karel. Století Markéty Samsové. 1. vyd. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1993, 205 s. ISBN 80-202-0442-3. info
  • GARTON ASH, Timothy. Středoevropan volbou. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1992, 132 s., 3. ISBN 80-85241-24-2. info
Assessment methods
The final grade will be based on a test from reading materials and lectures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Spring 2011.
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