SOC770 Post-war French Social Theory

Fakulta sociálních studií
podzim 2006
Rozsah
1/1. 15 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Laura Anne Bunt, Ph.D. (přednášející)
doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Rozvrh
St 16:00–17:40 U33
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
Since the French enlightenment, and up to the Dreyfus affair, French intellectuals enjoyed considerable influence over the public sphere, perhaps even believing that they were directing Western civilization itself - manifest in the "revolutionary" concepts of democracy, liberty, and equality. Subsequent World Wars, and lingering twentieth-century French colonial endeavors, however, cast doubt over those doctrines and was tantamount to the suspicion of the role of intellectuals. This course will investigate how French intellectuals reacted to this situation, and what role the institutions they were educated and taught in shaped this reaction. We will also pay close attention to how later twentieth-century intellectuals responded to and critiqued one another, in the development of their individual philosophical trajectories. In particular, we will examine three of the major schools of social thought generated in France during this period, namely, Existentialism, Structuralism, and Post-structuralism. The goal of this course is to provide students with solid historical background through secondary sources and lectures, and then to read original, primary texts. Class reading will draw from the works of: Sartre, Levi-Strauss, Ricoeur, Althusser, Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva.
Metody hodnocení
Students must produce TWO 4-5 page essays based upon the reading and class discussions. Instructor will assign essay questions in advance of due dates. Student are also required to write TWO 1 page response papers.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
COURSE RULES Students are expected to come to class having already read the readings cited on the syllabus for that day. ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY, ROLE WILL BE TAKEN IN EVERY CLASS. Students are allowed 3 undocumented absences. Any student missing more than 4 classes without a documented (i.e. medical or family) emergency will be dropped from the class without exception. (Students observing religious holidays are excused from class, but please inform instructor in advance).
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