SOCb2003 Seminar to Contem. Sociological Theory

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Gábor Oláh, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Alica Synek Rétiová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
SOCb2003/01: Wed 16:00–17:40 AVC, G. Oláh
SOCb2003/02: Tue 18:00–19:40 U53, A. Synek Rétiová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! SOC103a Seminar to Sociological Theory
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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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 general sociological theory Ability to understand basic social processes on macro and macro level Basic knowledge of the processes of modernization Ability to employ relevant analytical apparatus for explaining various social processes and problems
Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • Domination, instution ,symbolic power
  • The Logic of Social action
  • Society as an Objective Reality
  • Sociology of Knowledge
  • Sociology, socialization, culture
  • Reading week
  • Modernity and the Legitimation Crisis
  • Modernity and social differentiation
  • Theory of Structuration
  • Power and Knowledge
  • Postmodernism
Literature
  • Keller, Jan. 2015. Odsouzeni k modernitě. Praha: Novela Bohemica.
  • BUDEN, Boris. Konec postkomunismu : od společnosti bez naděje k naději bez společnosti. Translated by Radovan Baroš. V Praze: Rybka, 2013, 292 s. ISBN 9788087067703. info
  • HAUSER, Michael. Cesty z postmodernismu : filosofická reflexe doby přechodu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 2012, 280 s. ISBN 9788070073827. info
  • HOLÝ, Ladislav. Malý český člověk a skvělý český národ : národní identita a postkomunistická transformace společnosti. Edited by Zdeněk Uherek. 2. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2010, 233 s. ISBN 9788074190186. info
  • ADORNO, Theodor W. and Max HORKHEIMER. Dialektika osvícenství : filosofické fragmenty. Translated by Michael Hauser - Milan Váňa. Vydání první. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2009, 247 stran. ISBN 9788072982677. info
  • BOURDIEU, Pierre. The rules of art : genesis and structure of the literary field. Translated by Susan Emanuel. First published. Cambridge: Polity, 1996, xviii, 410. ISBN 9780745611525. info
  • GIDDENS, Anthony. The constitution of society :outline of the theory of structuration. 1st ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984, xxxvii, 40. ISBN 0-520-05728-7. info
  • BERGER, Peter L., Brigitte BERGER and Hansfried KELLNER. The homeless mind : modernization and consciousness. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1974, 232 s. ISBN 0140218343. info
Teaching methods
seminars, presentations
Assessment methods
Presenations in all seminars. Short essays and position papers. Term paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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