FSS:SOCd0103 Texts from the general sociol. - Course Information
SOCd0103 Texts from the General Sociology I
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- 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 (in Czech)
- ! SOC911 Texts from the general sociol. && !NOW( SOC911 Texts from the general sociol. )
- 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
- there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The goal of this course is to read and critically examine classical sociological works, some of which are required for the state exam.
- Learning outcomes
- After successfully passing the course, student will be able to translate, interpret, compose, evaluate.
- Syllabus
- 01.04.2020 18.00 Room 370 Sociological theory as epistemology.
- Reed, Isaac. 2008. “Justifying Sociological Knowledge: From Realism to Interpretation*.” Sociological Theory 26(2):101–29.
- Reed, Isaac and Jeffrey Alexander. 2009. “Social Science as Reading and Performance: A Cultural-Sociological Understanding of Epistemology.” European Journal of Social Theory 12(1):21–41.
- 29.04.2020 18.00 Room 370 Sociological theory as ontology.
- Reed, Isaac Ariail and Michael Weinman. 2018. “Agency, Power, Modernity: A Manifesto for Social Theory.” European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology 0(0):1–45.
- Joyce, Patrick and Chandra Mukerji. 2017. “The State of Things: State History and Theory Reconfigured.” Theory and Society 46(1):1–19.
- Fowler, Bridget. 2020. “Pierre Bourdieu on Social Transformation, with Particular Reference to Political and Symbolic Revolutions.” Theory and Society.
- 26.05.2020 18.00 Room 370 Sociological theory as ethics and aesthetics.
- Mast, Jason L. 2019. “Representationalism and Cognitive Culturalism: Riders on Elephants on Turtles All the Way Down.” American Journal of Cultural Sociology.
- Kurakin, Dmitry. 2019. “Culture and Cognition: The Durkheimian Principle of Sui Generis Synthesis vs. Cognitive-Based Models of Culture.” American Journal of Cultural Sociology.
- Lizardo, Omar, Brandon Sepulvado, Dustin S. Stoltz, and Marshall A. Taylor. 2019. “What Can Cognitive Neuroscience Do for Cultural Sociology?” American Journal of Cultural Sociology.
- Literature
- required literature
- Reed, Isaac. 2008. “Justifying Sociological Knowledge: From Realism to Interpretation*.” Sociological Theory 26(2):101–29. Reed, Isaac and Jeffrey Alexander. 2009. “Social Science as Reading and Performance: A Cultural-Sociological Understanding of Epist
- Kurakin, Dmitry. 2019. “Culture and Cognition: The Durkheimian Principle of Sui Generis Synthesis vs. Cognitive-Based Models of Culture.” American Journal of Cultural Sociology.
- Mast, Jason L. 2019. “Representationalism and Cognitive Culturalism: Riders on Elephants on Turtles All the Way Down.” American Journal of Cultural Sociology.
- Lizardo, Omar, Brandon Sepulvado, Dustin S. Stoltz, and Marshall A. Taylor. 2019. “What Can Cognitive Neuroscience Do for Cultural Sociology?” American Journal of Cultural Sociology.
- Reed, Isaac and Jeffrey Alexander. 2009. “Social Science as Reading and Performance: A Cultural-Sociological Understanding of Epistemology.” European Journal of Social Theory 12(1):21–41.
- Reed, Isaac Ariail and Michael Weinman. 2018. “Agency, Power, Modernity: A Manifesto for Social Theory.” European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology 0(0):1–45.
- Joyce, Patrick and Chandra Mukerji. 2017. “The State of Things: State History and Theory Reconfigured.” Theory and Society 46(1):1–19.
- Fowler, Bridget. 2020. “Pierre Bourdieu on Social Transformation, with Particular Reference to Political and Symbolic Revolutions.” Theory and Society.
- Teaching methods
- reading, seminar discussion
- Assessment methods
- presentation + class participation + paper
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks. - Teacher's information
- The course is taught: in blocks
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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