FSS:SOC183 The Sociological Imagination - Informace o předmětu
SOC183 The Sociological Imagination and The Development of Social Thought
Fakulta sociálních studiípodzim 2010
- Rozsah
- 1/1/0. 10 kr. Ukončení: zk.
- Vyučující
- Mgr. Benjamin Jeremiah Vail, Ph.D., M.Sc. (přednášející)
- Garance
- doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Oddělení sociologie – Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová - Rozvrh
- Út 10:00–11:40 exP21
- Omezení zápisu do předmětu
- Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 100 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/100, pouze zareg.: 0/100, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/100 - Mateřské obory/plány
- Central European Studies Program (program CST, CESP)
- Multidisciplinární studia (program CST, KOS)
- Sociologie (program FSS, B-HE)
- Sociologie (program FSS, B-HS)
- Sociologie (program FSS, B-KS)
- Sociologie (program FSS, B-MS)
- Sociologie (program FSS, B-PL)
- Sociologie (program FSS, B-PS)
- Sociologie (program FSS, B-SO) (2)
- Sociologie (program FSS, B-SP)
- Sociologie (program FSS, B-TV)
- Sociologie (program FSS, C-CV)
- Tesol Teacher Education Program (program CST, TTEP)
- Cíle předmětu
- This course introduces many of the major schools of thought and topics of research in the field of Sociology. We take an historical view of the development of social theory from the 19th century until today. Students will learn about the many developments in social thought, in particular sociological theory, during this time by reading textbooks as well as primary source materials. C. Wright Mills’ classic book, The Sociological Imagination, will provide one frame for looking at the development of sociological theory and praxis up to recent years.
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Recall and relate sociological theories and approaches that have developed over time
- Identify and explain major contemporary and historical sociological theories and their relations to individual lifestyle and social history
- Interpret the significance of sociological issues in their daily lives - Osnova
- The weekly schedule of lectures is as follows:
- Week 1 - Introduction to Sociology and the Sociological Imagination
- Week 2 - Conflict theory
- Week 3 - Marxian theory
- Week 4 - The rational/utilitarian tradition
- Week 5 - The Durkheimian tradition
- Week 6 - The microinteractionist tradition
- Week 7 - Contemporary sociological theory, Parsons and Merton
- Week 8 - No class: reading week
- Week 9 - Mid-term exam
- Week 10 - Micro-macro integration, Structure-Agency integration
- Week 11 - Social construction of reality
- Week 12 - Modernity and post-modernity
- Week 13 - Critical theory, Structuralism and Feminist social theory
- Week 14 - The Sociological Imagination
- Literature includes, but is not limited to:
- Collins, R. 1994. Four sociological traditions. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Durkheim, E. “What is a social fact?” pp. 50-59 in The Rules of the Sociological Method
- Farganis, J. 2007. Readings in social theory. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Giddens, A. 2002. Sociology. 4th edition, Cambridge. Polity Press Goffman
- Held,”Introduction to Habermas,” pp. 402-406 in Giddens, A. 2002 Sociology: Introductory Readings, Oxford: Polity Press.
- Mills, C.W. 2000. The Sociological Imagination. Oxford University Press.
- Ritzer, G. 2000. Sociological Theory. London. McGraw-Hill Education.
- Literatura
- Výukové metody
- Teaching takes place in the form of weekly lectures.
- Metody hodnocení
- Students are expected to read the assigned literature before class and to attend every lecture. Each student's final evaluation (A-F) for the semester is based on the following components:
40% – Mid-term exam
60% – Final exam - Vyučovací jazyk
- Angličtina
- Informace učitele
- Dr. Benjamin Vail is Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department. His office is located in room 359 in the FSS building, and his consultation hours will be posted at the start of each semester.
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