US_111 Suicide as a Mass Phenomenon of Modern Times

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Střítecký, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Kristýna Celhofferová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 zruseno D22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 220 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/220, only registered: 0/220, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/220
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course is based on the book by T. G. Masaryk of the same name. It deals with it as with a pioneering work of methodology of so called sociologism, especially through confrontation with Durkheim's "Le suicide" which follows Masaryk's German text. Also reception of this book by Giddens and Nýiri will be mentioned.
Syllabus
  • 1. Pre-sociological reflexion of the problem.
  • 2. Italian criminological school (Sighele, Rossi).
  • 3. Analysis of Masaryk's text with emphasis on the methodological aspect.
  • 4. Confrontation with Durkheim's elaboration of TGM's impulses.
  • 5. Sociologism and psychologism in the constitution of sociology as autonomous science discipline.
Literature
  • MASARYK, Tomáš Garrigue. Sebevražda hromadným jevem společenským moderní osvěty. 5. české vyd. Praha: Masarykův ústav AV ČR, 2002, 221 s. ISBN 8086495132. info
  • Sebevražednost obyvatel České republiky v období transformace společnosti. Edited by Dagmar Dzúrová - Eva Dragomirecká. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2002, 80 s. ISBN 8086561038. info
  • MASARYK, Tomáš G. Moderní člověk a náboženství (Modern man and religion). Edited by Jan Zouhar, Helena Pavlincová and Jiří Gabriel. Praha: Masarykův ústav AV ČR a Ústav T.G. Masaryka, o.p.s., 2000, 224 pp. Spisy TGM, svazek 8. ISBN 80-902659-4-4. info
  • KUTNOHORSKÁ, Lucie. Sebevražda v literatuře problém sebevraždy v životě a díle Stefana Zweiga. Edited by Pavel Váňa. 1998, 72 s. info
  • DURKHEIM, Émile. Sociologie a filosofie :sociologie a sociální vědy. Translated by Danuše Navrátilová - Zdeněk Strmiska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 175 s. ISBN 80-85850-57-5. info
  • MASARYK, Tomáš Garrigue. Der Selbstmord als sociale Massenerscheinung der modernen Civilisation. München: Philosophia Verlag, 1982. info
  • Sebevražednost v Československu z hlediska demografického a sociologického. Edited by Ladislav Růžička. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1968, 155 s. info
  • DURKHEIM, Emile. Suicide : a study in sociology. 1st. print. Glencoe: Free Press, 1951, 405 s. info
  • DURKHEIM, Émile. Le suicide : etude de sociologie. Paris: Librairie Félix Alcan, 1930, 460 s. info
Assessment methods
Lectures, readings, discussion. Completion by an essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2014.
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