FSS:SOCn4001 Theoretical Sociology - Course Information
SOCn4001 Theoretical Sociology
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Světlana Nedvědová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies - Prerequisites
- ! SOC661 Theoretical Sociology
Basic knowledge of sociological theories and methods is presupposed. - 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
- Gender studies (programme FSS, N-SOC)
- Population studies (programme FSS, N-SOC)
- Social Anthropology (programme FSS, N-SOC)
- Sociology (programme FSS, N-SOC)
- 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 contemporary theoretical sociology. Ability to critically interpret and apply articles published in academic journals for own research. Ability to employ relevant analytical apparatus for explaining various social phenomena.
- Syllabus
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- Literature
- REED, Isaac. Interpretation and social knowledge : on the use of theory in the human sciences. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2011, 194 s. ISBN 9780226706740. info
- WAGNER, Peter. A sociology of modernity : liberty and discipline. New York: Routledge, 1994, xv, 267. ISBN 0415081866. info
- FOUCAULT, Michel. Dějiny sexuality. I, Vůle k vědění : La volonté de savoir : historie de la sexualité. I (Orig.) : Vůle k vědění : dějiny sexuality. I (Variant.). [v Praze]: Herrmann & synové, 1999, 189 s. info
- COLLINS, Randall. Interaction ritual chains. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2004, xx, 439. ISBN 0691090270. URL info
- BOURDIEU, Pierre. Distinction : a social critique of the judgement of taste. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1996, xiv, 613. ISBN 0415045460. info
- HABERMAS, Jürgen. Problémy legitimity v pozdním kapitalismu. Translated by Alena Bakešová - Josef Velek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 2000, 187 s. ISBN 8070071303. info
- The new Blackwell companion to social theory. Edited by Bryan S. Turner. Malden, MA, USA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, xvii, 618. ISBN 9781405169004. info
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- Teaching methods
- Lectures, seminar discussions, essays. viz Organizační pokyny: https://is.muni.cz/auth/go/0m0yro
- Assessment methods
- Position papers, final paper, written examination. viz Organizační pokyny: https://is.muni.cz/auth/go/0m0yro
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week. - Teacher's information
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- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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