c1063 Sociology and Philosophy of Sport

Faculty of Sports Studies
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
8/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Aleš Sekot, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Michal Charvát, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(! bk011s Sociology of Sport ) && ! NOW( bk011s Sociology of Sport )
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
Course objectives
Sociology is very helpful when it comes to studing sports as a social phenomena. It provides concepts, theoretical approaches, and research methods to describe and unerstand behaviour and social interactions as they occur in particularg social and cultural contexts. Just qualitative changes in sports have updated new concepts as a physical recreation, professional sport, high performance sport, elite sport etc. becoming involved and staying in sports occurs in connection with general socialization process in lives of people. The phenomenon of sport has been strongly transformed during past two or three decades, mostly as a consequence of the process of commercionalization and medialization of elite professional sportts, mostly in global extend. Main objective of the lesson is to properly understand mutual relations of sport and society in local, regional and global context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Sport - socio cultural phenomenon 2. Top elite sport versus leisure sports 3. Fascinatiomwith sports 4. Socialization via sport 5. Sports versus mas media 6. Global aspects of sport 7. Sport mobility 8. Sport migration 9. Violence in sport 10. Women versus sport 11. Sport stars, icons, heroes 12. Future of sport
Literature
  • SEKOT, Aleš. Sociologické problémy sportu (Sociological problems of sports). 1st ed. Praha: GRADA Publishing, 2008, 224 pp. Sociologie. ISBN 978-80-247-2562-8. info
  • SEKOT, Aleš. Sociologie sportu (Sociology of Sport). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita a Paido, 2006, 412 pp. Pedagogická edice. ISBN 80-210-4201-X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures based on recomended literature. Sekot, A: Sociologie sportu, 2006 Sekot, A. Aktuální problémy sociologie sportu, 2008
Assessment methods
Written test on relevant sociological literatire
Language of instruction
Czech
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