FF:PHK1111 Introduction to Sociology - Course Information
PHK1111 Introduction to Sociology
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2012
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Fri 5. 10. 10:50–12:25 J22, Fri 2. 11. 15:00–16:35 J21
- 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
- Philosophy (programme FF, B-PH)
- Course objectives
- The course is conceived as a combination of reading and teaching. The main objectives of the course are the following: approach to the sociological way of thinking about reality, capability for orientation in principal sociological conceptions, concepts and paradigms, ability to operate with them and to formulate critical reflection about them.
- Syllabus
- 1. Main concepts of the classical sociological theories (Durkheim and Weber)
- 2. Selected theories from contemporary sociology (Berger, Luckmann)
- Literature
- required literature
- KELLER, Jan. Úvod do sociologie. 5. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004, 204 s. ISBN 9788086429397. info
- WEBER, Max. Metodologie, sociologie a politika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1998, 354 s. ISBN 9788072983896. info
- BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality :pojednání o sociologii vědění. Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 80-85959-46-1. info
- GIDDENS, Anthony. Důsledky modernity. 2. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003, 200 s. ISBN 80-86429-15-6. info
- recommended literature
- Pozvání do sociologie :humanistická perspektiva. Edited by Peter L. Berger. 2. vyd. Brno: BARRISTER & PRINCIPAL, 2003, 194 s. ISBN 80-85947-90-0. info
- DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost :příručka pro uživatele. 3. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 374 s. ISBN 978-80-246-0139-7. info
- GIDDENS, Anthony. Sociologie. Edited by Jan Jařab. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1999, 595 s. ISBN 8072031244. info
- BAUMAN, Zygmunt and Tim MAY. Myslet sociologicky : netradiční uvedení do sociologie. Translated by Jana Ogrocká. V tomto překladu přeprac. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004, 239 s. ISBN 8086429288. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, reading
- Assessment methods
- oral examination
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkem 4 hod. konzultací.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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