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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Thought sources of German sociology and German social thought - Immanuel Kant, 2. Thought sources of German sociology and German social thought - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 3. Thought sources of German sociology and German social thought - Karl Marx 4. Social utopia 5. The Frankfurt School and its Transformations in History: "Founding Fathers" - Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno 6. The Frankfurt School and its Transformations in History: "The Founding Fathers" - Max Horkheimer 7. Second generation - Jürgen Habermas 8. Contemporary representatives - Albrecht Wellmer, Axel Honneth 9. Economic influences on social concepts - Friedrich August von Hayek 10. Constructivism - Niklas Luhmann 11. "The Second Modern" - Ulrich Beck 12. Conflict theory - Ralf Dahrendorf 13. Religious-ethical influences - Hans Küng
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Task-based study method, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 40 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 24 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 30 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to be able to read texts in English. |
| to describe and explain basic sociological theorie. |
| Skills |
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| to produce a formally acceptable professional output. |
| to actively use foreign databases of professional journals. |
| to use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English. |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to explain basic terms, theories and concepts, which are directly and indirectly connected to discussed issue. |
| to remember basic terms, theories and concepts, which are directly and indirectly connected to discussed issue. |
| to interpret methodological procedures in the field of penitentiary sociology. |
| to claasify the most important problems, which are connected to the subject matter. |
| Skills |
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| to critically reflect on selected areas of German social thought. |
| to formulate and defend their own arguments. |
| to present their arguments in a professional debate. |
| to work analytically with professional sociological texts. |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Task-based study method |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
| Skills |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Task-based study method |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
| Competences |
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| Task-based study method |
| Self-study of literature |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Die deutsche Soziologie der Gegenwart : systematische Einführung in das soziologische Denken. Stuttgart : Alfred Kröner, 1969.
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Dahrendorf, R. Pfade aus Utopia. München. Piper, 1967.
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Horyna, Břetislav. Filosofie posledních let před koncem filosofie : kapitoly ze současné německé filosofie. 1. vyd. Praha : KLP, 1998. ISBN 80-85917-49-1.
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Jäger, Wieland; Meyer, Hanns-Joachim. Sozialer Wandel in soziologischen Theorien der Gegenwart. 1. Aufl. Wiesbaden : Westdeutscher Verlag, 2003. ISBN 3-531-14022-1.
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Küng, Hans. Světový étos pro politiku a hospodářství. Vyd. 1. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2000. ISBN 80-7021-327-2.
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Reese-Schäfer, Walter. Politische Theorie heute : neuere Tendenzen und Entwicklungen. München : Oldenbourg, 2000. ISBN 3-486-23706-3.
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Váně, Jan. Proměny spravedlnosti : pokus o typologii. Plzeň : Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7380-053-6.
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