SAN103 Contemporary Social and Cultural Theory

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 9 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Souralová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Division of Social Anthropology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:30 exP24
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SAN101 Soc. Anthropology-lectures && SAN301 Social Anthropology-tutorials
Absolvování kursu SAN 101 a SAN 301 Úvod do sociální antropologie (přednášky + semináře).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course introduces many of the major schools of thought and topics of research in the field of social theory in anthropology. We take an historical view of the development of social theory from the mid of the 20th century until today. Students will learn about the many developments in social thought during this time by reading textbooks as well as primary source materials.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction to the course. Social theory and social anthropology. Anthropology as art and science.
  • 2) Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim (social fact), Marcel Mauss (tosocial fact), Bronislaw Malinowski, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Pierre Bourdieu. Social fact, langue-parole, grammar of action, social structure and culture.
  • 3) Social structure and agency: “strategy” a “tactics” - Michel de Certau (Praxis of Everday Life), symbolization of social structure - Mary Douglas (Purity and Danger).
  • 4) Claude Lévi-Strauss x Jean Paul Sartre (La Pensée sauvage). Culture vs. structure, prescriptive and performative structure (Marshall Sahlins X Gananath Obeyseker).
  • 5) Modes of symbolic and interpretative antropology: Clifford Geertz, Victor Turner, David Schnaider, Carlo Ginsburg.
  • 6) Antropology as text critique. Michail M. Bachtin a koncept polyfonie.
  • 7) Pierre Bourdieu – George Marcus: debate
  • 8) Postructuralism: Michel Foucault. Genealogy of power/knowledge.
  • 9) Actors-network theory(ANT). Bruno Latour. Michel Callon. John Law and Annemarie Mol.
  • 10) Globalization and new localities. New geography. Akhil Gupta a James Ferguson. Cultur logic of post/colonialism, clash and co-existence of cultures. Anthropology and post/colonialism, orientalism, okcidentalism, globalization, development studies.
  • 11) Sidney Mintz and Eric Wolf. Politics of space. Ethnoscapes, diasporas, mobility, migration. Anthropology of globalization: Arjun Appadurai and transnational anthropology; Ulf Hannerz , Marc Augé and anthropology of supermodernity; Saskia Sassen and global cities. 12) Postsocialism (Katherine Verdery, Caroline Humphrey, Chris Hann).
Literature
  • Současná filosofie sociálních věd :multikulturní přístup. Edited by Brian Fay - Jana Ogrocká. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2002, 324 s. ISBN 80-86429-10-5. info
  • A dictionary of cultural and critical theory. Edited by Michael Payne. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1997, xii, 644 s. ISBN 0-631-20753-8. info
  • Interpretive social science : a second look. Edited by Paul Rabinow - William M. Sullivan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987, viii, 395. ISBN 0-520-05836-4. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussions, reading
Assessment methods
1 written text, abstracts of obligatory readings, oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
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