SOC900 Theoretical Sociology I

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Mareš, CSc.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course’s goal is to cultivate the capacity of students for a thorough understanding of complex theoretical texts, the capacity to interpret and discuss these texts within broader contexts (theoretical and social/cultural), as well as the capacity to compare and asses the analytical value and limits of different theoretical approaches, concepts and ways of sociological explanation/interpretation. The relevance of application of various theoretical concepts and models of explanation to particular social and cultural issues is another skill that students acquire.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the Course 2. Methodological introduction: social construction adn sociological reconstruction (the case of cultural sociology) 3. Modernity in the perspective of cultural sociology: collective identity 4. Modernity in the perspective of cultural sociology: generations 5. Memory, trauma, and collective identity 6. Triumphant and Traumatic Foundations of Collective Identity (lecture by Bernhard Giesen) 7. Cognitive sociology: recapitulation of block I 8. Reading week 9. Sociology and its metamorphoses in the context of modernity 10. Modernity: between cage and liquid 11. Modernity: between class society and society of networks and tribes 12. Modern personality: between individualism and narcissism 13. Modernity as a social problem: individualization-differentiation-inclusion 14. Sociology as a critical discipline: between objectivity and practicality
Literature
  • Shodná s předmětem SOC403.
  • Identical with the course SOC403.
Teaching methods
The course combines lectureship with a seminar type of work in class. For each topic/seminar, the students are assigned an extensive theoretical sociological literature, partly by original authors, and partly as a secondary source on a given author or paradigm. For each assigned text, students prepare a position paper, which then serve as reference points for seminar discussion.
Assessment methods
Students are evaluated on the basis of their activity in classes, quality of their position papers, several interim tests throughout the semester, and a final test or essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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