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ESOn4008 Current Themes in Sociology

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Vyučující

doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D. (přednášející)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Pospěch, Ph.D. (přednášející)
doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Karel Němeček (cvičící)

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doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D.
Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií

Rozvrh

Út 16:00–17:40 P24a

Předpoklady

! SOC755 General Sociology
Basic knowledge of sociological theories and methods is presupposed.

Omezení zápisu do předmětu

Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 20 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 13/20, pouze zareg.: 3/20, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 3/20

Mateřské obory/plány

předmět má 13 mateřských oborů, zobrazit

Cíle předmětu

This course will cover some of the most pressing themes in sociology in the early twenty-first century. A sociological theme is typically associated with a relatively long debate and tends to be an underlying concept or phenomena, recurring throughout it and unifying it. Discussed topics include recent social movements and civil action, urban subcultures of discontent, and the role of nonhumans in social reality. Seminars will deal with literature from multiple academic journals including, while also discussing studies in depth. Students are expected to actively participate in a seminar and write a term paper (2000 words) addressing the subject of one of the seminars. Term papers should discuss the chosen topic in reference to two academic texts published in a sociological journal in the last 10 years

Výstupy z učení

Knowledge of the basic analytical apparatus of contemporary sociology. Ability to critically interpret and utilize articles published in academic journals for own research. Ability to employ relevant analytical apparatus for explaining various social processes and social problems.

Osnova

• Introduction to the course (Pavel Pospěch) (24.9.)
• Émile Durkheim and the Collective in sociology (Pavel Pospěch) (1.10.) From “Émile Durkheim (1958-1917)” in: Appelrouth, Scott A. & Laura Desfor Edles (2012): Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Biography, Core Ideas, Theoretical Orientation (78-84) Excerpt from The Division of Labor in Society + Introduction (92-100) Excerpt from Suicide: A Study in Sociology + Introduction (100-113) Excerpt from The Elementary Forms of Religious Life + Introduction (114-124)
• After Durkheim: Rituals in everyday life and the sociology of the self (Pavel Pospěch) (8.10.) Goffman, E. 1967. Interaction ritual: essays on face-to-face behavior. New York: Anchor books doubleday & company, pp. 5-46. Rawls, A.W., 1987. The interaction order sui generis: Goffman's contribution to social theory. Sociological theory, pp.136-149. Cahill, S.E., 1998. Toward a Sociology of the Person. Sociological Theory, 16(2), pp.131-148. Tonkiss, F. (2003). The ethics of indifference: Community and solitude in the city. International journal of cultural studies, 6(3), pp. 297-311.
• After Durkheim: Culture and cultural sociology (Pavel Pospěch) (15.10.) Douglas, M. 1984. Purity and Danger. London: Routledge. (pp. 30-41, 95-114) Alexander, J.C. 2006. The Civil Sphere. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (pp. 53-67) Alexander, J.C., 2018. The societalization of social problems: Church pedophilia, phone hacking, and the financial crisis. American Sociological Review, 83(6): 1049-1078. Alexander, J.C. & Jacobs, R. 1998. Mass communication, ritual and civil society. In: Liebes, T. & Curran, J. (eds.). Media, ritual and identity. London: Routledge, pp. 23-41.
• Georg Simmel, modernity and forms of the social (Pavel Pospěch) (22.10.) Simmel, G. 1997. The Conflict in Modern Culture. In: Frisby, D. & Featherstone, M. (eds). Simmel on Culture. London: Sage. Pp. 75-100. Simmel, G. 1991. Money in modern culture. Theory, culture and society 8: 17-31. Simmel, G. 1950. The Stranger. In: The Sociology of Georg Simmel. Pp. 402-209. Simmel, G.1950. The Metropolis and Mental Life. In: The Sociology of Georg Simmel. Pp. 409-426.
• Reading week (29.10.)
• After Simmel: Narcissism and the ethos of authenticity (Pavel Pospěch) (5.11.) Sennett, R. 1977. The Fall of Public Man. New York: A.Knopf (pp. 257-268). Lasch, C. 1979. Culture of Narcissism. New York: Norton. (pp. 31-70). Dean, J. 2017. Nothing personal. In: Schram, S. & Pavlovskaya, M. (eds.). Rethinking Neoliberalism: Resisting the Disciplinary Regime. NY: Routledge. (pp. 3-22) Twenge, J. 2006. Generation me: why today’s young Americans are more confident, assertive, entitled--and more miserable than ever before (pp. 17-43)
• Karl Marx (Csaba Szaló) (12.11.) Rehmann, Jan. 2013. Theories of Ideology: The Powers of Alienation and Subjection. Leiden: Brill. (pp. 21-60). Smith, Neil. 2002. “New Globalism, New Urbanism: Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy.” Antipode 34(3):427–50.
• Marxist themes I: hegemony (Csaba Szaló) (19.11.) Rehmann, Jan. 2013. Theories of Ideology: The Powers of Alienation and Subjection. Leiden: Brill. (pp. 117-146). Viger, Jonathan. 2019. “The Eighteenth Brumaire in Historical Context: Reconsidering Class and State in France and Syria.” Theory and Society 48(4):611–638. Geva, Dorit. 2021. “Orbán’s Ordonationalism as Post-Neoliberal Hegemony.” Theory, Culture & Society 38(6):71–93.
• Marxist themes II: materialism (Csaba Szaló) (26.11.) Rehmann, Jan. 2013. Theories of Ideology: The Powers of Alienation and Subjection. Leiden: Brill. (pp. 147-178). Beetz, Johannes, and Veit Schwab. 2018. “Conditions and Relations of (Re)Production in Marxism and Discourse Studies.” Critical Discourse Studies 15(4):338–50. Angermuller, Johannes. 2018. “Accumulating Discursive Capital, Valuating Subject Positions. From Marx to Foucault.” Critical Discourse Studies 15(4):414–25.
• Max Weber: Intro (Radim Marada.) (3.12.) “Max Weber” in: Appelrouth, Scott A. & Laura Desfor Edles (2012): Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory. Thousand Oaks: Sage, pp. 125-184. Recommended reading Weber, Max: “Science as a Vocation” (31 pages) Henricks, T. S. (2016). Reason and Rationalization: A Theory of Modern Play. American Journal of Play, 8(3), 287-324.
• Weberian themes: Caging. Rationalization, Legitimation, Domination (Radim Marada) (10.12.) Boltanski, Luc & Chiapello, Eve. 2005. “On the Spirit of Capitalism and the Role of Critique”. In: Boltanski, Luc & Chiapello, Eve. 2005. The New Spirit of Capitalism. London: Verso. (pp. 3-53) Szelenyi, Iván. 2016. “Weber’s Theory of Domination and Post-Communist Capitalisms.” Theory and Society 45(1):1–24. Recommended reading Bell, Daniel. 1976. “From the Protestant Ethic to the Psychedelic Bazaar” & “The Hinge of History”. In: Bell, Daniel. 1976. The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism. New York, NY: Basic Books. (pp. 54-84) Guttmann, Allen. 1978. “From Ritual to Record” & “Capitalism, Protestantism, and Modern Sport”. In: Guttmann, Allen. 1978. From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports. New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 15-89. Ritzer, George. “The Weberian Theory of Rationalization and the McDonaldization of Contemporary Society”. In: Kivisto, Peter (ed.). 2013. Illuminating Social Life: Classical and Contemporary Theory Revisited. London: SAGE Publications. (pp. 41-59) Harmon, Josephine. 2022. “U.S. Gun Culture as a Martial Culture Within a Weberian Framework: Disrupting the State’s Monopoly on Force”. In: Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 2022, Vol. 22(5) 520–532.
• Weberian themes: Enchanting. Mystery, Charisma, Re-Enchantment (Radim Marada.) (17.12.) Reed, Isaac Ariel. 2013. “Charismatic performance: A study of Bacon’s rebellion”. In: American Journal of Cultural Sociology (2013) 1, 254–287. Joosse, Paul. 2018. “Countering Trump: Toward a Theory of Charismatic Counter-Roles.” In: Social Forces 97(2): 921–44. Recommended reading Lee, R. L. 2010. “Weber, re-enchantment and social futures”. In: Time & Society, 19(2), 180-192. Dasgupta, Kushan & Panofsky, Aaron & Iturriaga, Nicole. 2022. “Trying to make race science the “civil” science: charisma in the race and intelligence debates”. In: Theory and Society (2022) 51:595–627. Över, Defne & Tuncer-Ebetürk, Irem. 2022. “Insult, Charisma, and Legitimacy: Turkey’s Transition to Personalist Rule”. In: Social & Legal Studies, 2022, Vol. 31(5) 773–795.

Literatura

povinná literatura
• Appelrouth, Scott A. & Laura Desfor Edles (2012): Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
• Cahill, S.E., 1998. Toward a Sociology of the Person. Sociological Theory, 16(2), pp.131-148.
• Rawls, A.W., 1987. The interaction order sui generis: Goffman's contribution to social theory. Sociological theory, pp.136-149.
• Douglas, M. 1984. Purity and Danger. London: Routledge. (pp. 30-41, 95-114)
• Geertz, C. 1973. The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books. (pp. 3-32)
• Simmel, G. 1991. Money in modern culture. Theory, culture and society 8: 17-31
• Simmel, G. 1997. The Conflict in Modern Culture. In: Frisby, D. & Featherstone, M. (eds). Simmel on Culture. London: Sage. Pp. 75-100.
• Sennett, R. 1970. The Uses of Disorder. London: Penguin (pp. 27-84).
• Sennett, R. 1977. The Fall of Public Man. New York: A.Knopf (pp. 257-268, 294-312).
• Lasch, C. 1979. Culture of Narcissism. New York: Norton. (pp. 31-70).
• Viger, J. 2019. “The Eighteenth Brumaire in Historical Context: Reconsidering Class and State in France and Syria.” Theory and Society 48(4):611–638.
• Smelik, A. 2018. “New Materialism: A Theoretical Framework for Fashion in the Age of Technological Innovation.” International Journal of Fashion Studies 5(1):33–54.
• Szelenyi, I. 2016. “Weber’s Theory of Domination and Post-Communist Capitalisms.” Theory and Society 45(1):1–24.
• Joosse, P. 2018. “Countering Trump: Toward a Theory of Charismatic Counter-Roles.” Social Forces 97(2):921–44.

Výukové metody

Active participation in seminar discussions. Presentations. Teamwork.

Metody hodnocení

Regular participation at seminars via comments. Two academic papers.

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