FSS:SOC105 Sociological classics - Course Information
SOC105 Classical sociological theories
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Roman Vido, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radka Klvaňová, Ph.D., M.A. (assistant)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Pospěch, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová - Timetable
- Tue 10:00–11:40 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka
- 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
- there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course introduces students to major sociological theories, which one can call classical from the contemporary point of view. Students review the main streams of sociological thought in 19st and in the beginning of 20st century, focusing on the work and thought of Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Georg Simmel. The theorists of sociology will be compared with respect to their point of views on modern society, their approaches to the social sciences, their views on history, their conceptions of capitalism, and their ideas on social change. Important objectives of the course are to identify the conceptual core of the discipline and to critically evaluate the relevance of the classical theories to contemporary societies in the beginning of 21st century. Course materials include both the original texts and the secondary undergraduate literature, used to examine the concepts, methods, and explanation in classical sociological thought.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction to the course: social and economic background of the rise of sociological theory.
- 2. The origins of sociological theory: sociological thought of Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer.
- 3. Sociological legacy of Alexis de Tocqueville: modernization as democratization.
- 4. Sociological theory of Karl Marx: material conditions as the key of comprehension of modern society.
- 5. Sociological theory of Emile Durkheim I: the discovery of social facts.
- 6. Sociological theory of Emile Durkheim II: society as sui generis phenomenon.
- 7. Sociological theory of Max Weber I: social action as the key of comprehension of social world.
- 8. Sociological theory of Max Weber II: capitalism as the essence of modern world.
- 9. Forgotten classics: F. Tönnies and V. Pareto.
- 10. Sociology of modernity of Georg Simmel and the Chicago school.
- 11. Sociology of knowledge of K. Mannheim and sociology of culture of N. Elias.
- 12. Thorstein Veblen and the origins of American sociology.
- Literature
- DURKHEIM, Émile. Sociologie a sociální vědy (Přít.) : Sociologie a filosofie ; Sociologie a sociální vědy. info
- MARTUCCELLI, Danilo. Sociologie modernity : itinerář 20. století. Translated by Pavla Doležalová - Jana Spoustová. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008, 494 s. ISBN 9788073251451. info
- KELLER, Jan. Dějiny klasické sociologie. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004, 529 stran. ISBN 8086429342. info
- CUIN, Charles-Henry and François GRESLE. Dějiny sociologie. Translated by Jindřich Veselý. Praha: Slon, Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004, 263 stran. ISBN 8086429334. info
- TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de. Demokracie v Americe. Translated by Vladimír Jochmann. Vyd. 2., v nakladatelství A. Praha: Academia, 2000, 624 s. ISBN 8020008292. info
- HUBÍK, Stanislav. Sociologie vědění :základní koncepce a paradigmata. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999, 224 s. ISBN 80-85850-58-3. info
- WEBER, Max. Metodologie, sociologie a politika. Translated by Miloš Havelka. 1. vyd. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1998, 354 s. ISBN 80-86005-48-8. info
- SIMMEL, Georg. Peníze v moderní kultuře a jiné eseje. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1997, 206 s. ISBN 80-85850-50-8. info
- Assessment methods
- Students must pass a written test and a final written exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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