SO135 Changes in Modern Society

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Kolaříková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Kolaříková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Ing. et Ing. Jana Šajkovicsová
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Sociologie basics, political science at high school level.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The basic aim of the subject is to reveal the relationship between the development of modern society and the change of forms of state organization and be able to name and describe the impact of these changes on people's everyday lives, identities and social roles.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course students:
Understand the continuity of the development of modern society.
They can assess the positives and negatives of each stage in relation to nationalism and other social phenomena.
Learn to read, analyse and interpret professional texts.
Deepen their ability to relate the lecture material to their own interpretation of texts.
Understand the causes of current risks ("crisis of the contemporary family", "crisis of identities", global crisis) and understand the logic of a proper problem solution the logic of a proper problem solution.
Syllabus
  • 1) The emergence of modern society and its establishment in the Euro-American space.
  • 2) The relationship of modern society to nationalism, the concept of nationalism, the positives and negatives of nationalism, the consequences of nationalism.
  • 3) Concepts of nation, national identity, ethnic identity.
  • 4) Czech national identity - its origins and current form.
  • 5) Family as a basic social unit and its transformation during the individual stages of society. Challenges and risks of contemporary family.
  • 6) Postmodern society and its current risks, A risk society, the crisis of identities.
  • 7) The Holocaust and modern genocides as examples of possible risks of modern society, the topic of the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti in our territory and the question of the meaning of memorials in the contemporary context.
Literature
    required literature
  • GELLNER, Ernest. Nacionalismus. Translated by Hana Novotná - Petr Skalník. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2003, 133 s. ISBN 80-7325-023-3. info
  • BECK, Ulrich. Risk society : towards a new modernity. London: SAGE Publications, 1992, 260 s. ISBN 080398345X. info
  • Náhradní obsah: FUČÍK, P. a M. ŠOLCOVÁ. Nové formy rodičovství: střídavá péče a hledání jejích důsledků pro děti – přehledová studie. In: Rodičovství: plány, formy a zkušenosti, roč. 19. č. 2, 2022.
    recommended literature
  • ANDERSON, B. Pomyslná společenství. In: Hroch, M. (ed.) Pohledy na národ a nacionalismus. Čítanka textů. Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003, s. 239-269.
  • BAUMAN, Zygmunt. Modernita a holocaust. Translated by Jana Ogrocká. Vydání třetí, v Karolinu. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2023, 330 stran. ISBN 9788024653525. info
Teaching methods
lecture, text analysis, discussion, workshop activities
Assessment methods
Regular study and reading of assigned literature. Active participation in lessons and discussions. Seminar work in groups and its presentation. Assessment: Relevance of information and sources. Ability to present your prepared topic as a well-organised argument. Responding to the questions posed. Ability to relate the topic to related topics in the course, the literature read and the contemporary context of life. A written final examination with open-ended essay-type questions (answering the questions set, arguing on the basis of professional information, readings, placing the topic in the context of contemporary times and the social teaching profession, etc.).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
Teacher's information
Individual study plan: self-study, research from assigned readings, independent written essay on assigned topic, written exam (online in case of Erasmus).
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023.
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