SOC259 Reading Clasics

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Roman Vido, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jitka Sklenářová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Division of Sociology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Division of Sociology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:40 U35
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOC105 Sociological classics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to broaden student´s knowledge of classical sociology by reading of and working with selected pieces of primary sources written by the classics. At the end of the course students should be able to identify basic ideas and theses in the selected readings, to interpret their meanings, to apply them on the social reality of contemporary societies as well as compare different sociological analyses of the life in modern societies. A detailed work with the texts will be emphasized with ability to understand them correctly and put them into a broader social and intellectual context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Alexis de Tocqueville 1 2. Alexis de Tocqueville 2 3. Émile Durkheim 1 4. Émile Durkheim 2 5. Émile Durkheim 3 6. Max Weber 1 7. Max Weber 2 8. Max Weber 3 9. George Simmel 1 10. George Simmel 2 11. Karl Mannheim 1 12. Karl Mannheim 2
Literature
  • SIMMEL, Georg. Filosofie peněz. Translated by Milan Váňa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2011, 626 s. ISBN 9788020019202. info
  • WEBER, Max. Metodologie, sociologie a politika. Translated by Miloš Havelka. 2., opr. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2009, 351 s. ISBN 9788072983896. URL info
  • DURKHEIM, Émile. Společenská dělba práce. Translated by Pavla Doležalová. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2004, 375 s. ISBN 8073250411. info
  • TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de. Starý režim a revoluce. Translated by Vladimír Jochmann - Adriena Borovičková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2003, 306 s. ISBN 8020009809. info
  • DURKHEIM, Émile. Elementární formy náboženského života :systém totemismu v Austrálii. Vyd. 1. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2002, 491 s. ISBN 80-7298-056-4. info
  • TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de. Demokracie v Americe. Translated by Vladimír Jochmann. Vyd. 2., v nakladatelství A. Praha: Academia, 2000, 624 s. ISBN 8020008292. 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
  • SIMMEL, Georg. Peníze v moderní kultuře a jiné eseje. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1997, 206 s. ISBN 80-85850-50-8. info
  • MANHEIM, Karl. Ideologie a utopie : Přednášky a eseje. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Archa, 1991, 357 s. info
Teaching methods
seminar, reading, class discussion
Assessment methods
Students hand in written homework and 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.
General note: Kurs je určen pro posluchače kombinovaného studia, a má proto specifický způsob vyuky.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2018, Autumn 2019.
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