Sop153 Changes in Modern Society

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Kolaříková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Pavla Wernerová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Košatková, Ph.D.
Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Dana Jakubjanská, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Social Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
Sop153/01: Wed 10:00–11:50 učebna 4, V. Kolaříková
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 8/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
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.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course students:
· Understand the continuity of modern society development
· Can estimate the positives and negatives of each phase
· Learn to read, analyze and interpret professional texts
· Find the ability to link the lectured subject with its own interpretations of texts
· Understand the causes of current risks (globalization, migration) and understand the logic of a proper problem solution
Syllabus
  • Syllabus:
  • 1) Establishment of modern society and its establishment in the Euro-American area
  • 2) Establishment of the "superiority" of the West as a sign of modernization and modern racism
  • 3) Generalized market, money, disciplination of society as a modern social bond
  • 4) Positives and negatives of nationalism, national school system and consequences of nationalism
  • 5) Establishment of transnational social order as an alternative to outdated forms of modernity
  • 6) Globalization and risky society, consequences of "democratization", risks and reasons for changes of school systems
  • 7) Current situation: transnational mobility, environmental destabilization and migration
Literature
    required literature
  • BERGER, Peter L. Pozvání do sociologie : humanistická perspektiva. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. 2. vydání, v nakladatelstv. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2003, 194 stran. ISBN 8085947900. info
  • 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. Moc a protiváha moci v globálním věku : nová ekonomie světové politiky. Translated by Alena Bakešová - Vladimír Jochmann. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007, 460 s. ISBN 9788086429670. info
    recommended literature
  • Global modernities. Edited by Mike Featherstone - Scott Lash - Roland Robertson. London: SAGE Publications, 1995, ix, 292 s. ISBN 0-8039-7948-7. info
  • Bauman, Z. (2004). Modernita a holocaust. Praha: Slon.
Teaching methods
lecture, text analysis, discussion
Assessment methods
Group work, exam Methods of evaluation are specified in the Czech.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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