SOC704 Reading Clasics

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 9 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Roman Vido, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Pavel Kvaltýn (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Division of Sociology – 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
This course represents a supplement to Classical sociological theories. Its main objective is to make students acquainted with basic ideas and concepts of prominent figures of the classical era of sociology (Tocqueville, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Veblen) by reading primary literature. Students should be able to compare them and identify similarities and differences between them as well as understand their conceptions of modernity and modern society.
Syllabus
  • 1. A. de Tocqueville
  • 2. K. Marx
  • 3. E. Durkheim
  • 4. M. Weber
  • 5. G. Simmel
  • 6. K. Mannheim
  • 7. T. Veblen
Literature
  • SIMMEL, Georg. Peníze v moderní kultuře a jiné eseje. Translated by Otakar Vochoč. 2. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2006, 206 s. ISBN 8086429598. info
  • DURKHEIM, Émile. Společenská dělba práce. Translated by Pavla Doležalová. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2004, 375 s. ISBN 8073250411. info
  • DURKHEIM, Émile. Elementární formy náboženského života :systém totemismu v Austrálii. Vyd. 1. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2002, 491 s. ISBN 80-7298-056-4. info
  • VEBLEN, Thorstein. Teorie zahálčivé třídy. Edited by Miloslav Petrusek, Translated by Jana Ogrocká. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999, 344 s. ISBN 80-85850-71-0. info
  • WEBER, Max. Metodologie, sociologie a politika. Translated by Miloš Havelka. 1. vyd. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1998, 354 s. ISBN 80-86005-48-8. info
  • DURKHEIM, Émile. Sociologie a filosofie :sociologie a sociální vědy. Translated by Danuše Navrátilová - Zdeněk Strmiska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 175 s. ISBN 80-85850-57-5. info
  • WEBER, Max. Autorita, etika a společnost : pohled sociologa do dějin. Translated by Jan J. Škoda. 1. české vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997, 294 s. ISBN 8020406115. info
  • MANNHEIM, Karl. Ideologie a utopie :přednášky a eseje. Translated by Dušan Prokop. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Archa, 1991, 357 s. ISBN 80-7115-022-3. info
  • MARX, Karl. Odcizení a emancipace člověka. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1967, 381 s. URL info
Assessment methods
Students write a final essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Kurs je určen pro posluchače kombinovaného studia, a má proto specifický způsob vyuky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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