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GLCb2025 Sociological Diagnoses of our Times

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Vyučující

Dr. Werner Binder (přednášející)
Adam James Gemar, Ph.D. (přednášející)

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Dr. Werner Binder
Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií

Rozvrh

Út 14:00–15:40 AVC

Předpoklady

! SOCb2587 Sociological Diagnoses of our
The course has no prerequesites, except of course for the ability to read English texts and converse in English. It is not only suitable for bachelor students in sociology but also for students from other fields without a sociological background.

Omezení zápisu do předmětu

Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 40 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 20/40, pouze zareg.: 0/40, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/40

Mateřské obory/plány

předmět má 8 mateřských oborů, zobrazit

Anotace

Sociological literature, especially in the writings of the classics, often contains a (more or less explicit) diagnosis of the present time of the author (for example, Weber’s characterization of modern capitalism as “iron cage”). In the 20^th century, “time diagnosis” emerged as a specific sociological genre, exemplified by works such as Beck's "Risk Society", Bauman’s “Liquid Modernity” or Castell's "Network Society". Time diagnoses offer a sociological interpretation of contemporary society, often with a critical edge and the potential to reach broader educated audiences beyond the confines of the discipline. This course focuses on recently published diagnoses of our times, which we will read and discuss in their entirety, limiting ourselves to a couple of shorter monographs per semester.

This year, two books will be at the center of our attention, The Uncontrollability of the World (2020) by the German sociologist and critical theorist Hartmut Rosa and Cannibal Capitalism (2022) by the American social philosopher Nancy Fraser. We will start the class with Jeffrey C. Alexander’s classical analysis of sociological time diagnoses and then continue to discuss the book of Rosa, in which he argues that the modern desire to control the world impedes on our capacity to experience “resonance”, which he deems essential for a good life. In the second part of the class, we will discuss Nancy Fraser’s Cannibal Capitalism, where she develops a contemporary critique of capitalism on social, political and environmental grounds.

Výstupy z učení

After completing the course students will be able to
- read and discuss contemporary sociological texts in English
- identify the key arguments in a text and present them in a written form
- apply general insights from the literature to specific social phenomena in their lives and societies
- think about contemporary challenges to our societies in a sociological way
- understand the role, strenghts and weaknesses of particular time diagnoses as well as of the genre in general

Klíčová témata

• Organizational Meeting
• Alexander – How Intellectuals Explain Our Time
• Rosa: Uncontrollability of the World I
• Rosa: Uncontrollability of the World II
• Rosa: Uncontrollability of the World III
• Mid-term Exam
• Reading Week
• Dean’s Day –
• Fraser: Cannibal Capitalism I – Capitalism
• Fraser: Cannibal Capitalism II – Racism and Expropriation
• Fraser: Cannibal Capitalism II – Care and Social Reproduction
• Fraser: Cannibal Capitalism IV – Nature
• Fraser: Cannibal Capitalism V– Democracy and Socialism
• Final Exam 

Studijní zdroje a literatura

povinná literatura
• FRASER, Nancy. Cannibal capitalism : how our system is devouring democracy, care, and the planet - and what we can do about it. First published. New York: Verso, 2022, xvii, 190. ISBN 9781804292587. info
• ROSA, Hartmut. The uncontrollability of the world. Translated by James C. Wagner. English edition. Cambridge: Polity, 2020, ix, 132. ISBN 9781509543168. info

Přístupy, postupy a metody používané ve výuce

Readings, class room discussions, written exams.

Způsob ověření výstupů z učení a požadavky na ukončení

1. Participation in Class – 20%

2. Mid-term Exam – 40%

3. End-term Exam – 40%

Vyučovací jazyk

Angličtina

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