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Lecturer(s)
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Grosová Andrea Dagmar, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Douša Miloslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. There is a general theory of society or what society is 2. Theoretical reflections on the form of society in antiquity and the Middle Ages 3. Concepts about the organization of society in modern times 4. Nominalistic vs. realistic theories of society 5. Legacy vs. traditional dichotomy modern society 6. The most important reflexive concepts of modern and postmodern society: capitalist society and its transformations 7. The most important reflexive concepts of modern and postmodern society: industrial society 8. The most important reflexive concepts of modern and postmodern society: mass and consumer society 9. The most important reflexive concepts of modern and postmodern society: risky society 10. The most important reflexive concepts of modern and postmodern society: an aesthetized society and a society of indifference and indifference 11. Society as a product of the welfare state 12. Civil society and its forms 13. What is the direction of Western societies
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Collaborative instruction, Discussion, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 26 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 38 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to enumerate databases of professional foreign journals |
| to describe concepts corresponding terminology of the field in Czech and English |
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| to form a formally acceptable professional output |
| to use foreign databases of professional journals |
| to use adequate concepts corresponding terminology of the field in Czech and English |
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| N/A |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe basic terms, theories and concepts, which are directly and indirectly connected to discussed issue |
| to describe the main positions of thought and their internal contradictions |
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| to remember, memorize, differentiate and to explain basic terms, theories and concepts, which are directly and indirectly connected to discussed issue |
| to make classifications of determining attitudes, theoretical starting points and main friction surfaces that exist between individual approaches to the issue |
| to compile and subsequently typologize the main positions of thought, and to be able to distinguish between them, or to recognize their internal contradictions |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Discussion |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Discussion |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Discussion |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Andersen,M, Logio,Kim, Taylor H. Understanding Society: An Introductory Reader. Cengage Learning, 2011. ISBN 978-1-1111-8596-1.
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Habermas, J. Faktizitaet und Geltung (nebo angl. překlad Between Facts and Norms). Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp, 1992.
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Habermas, Jürgen. Problémy legitimity k pozdnímu kapitalismu. Praha : Filosofia, 2000. ISBN 80-7007-130-3.
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Harrington, Austin. Moderní sociální teorie : základní témata a myšlenkové proudy. Praha : Portál, 2006. ISBN 80-7367-093-3.
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Marcuse, Herbert. Jednorozměrný člověk : Studie o ideologii rozvinuté industriální společnosti. Praha : Naše vojsko, 1991. ISBN 80-206-0075-2.
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Martuccelli, Danilo. Sociologie modernity : itinerář 20. století. 1. vyd. Brno : Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7325-145-1.
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Petrusek, Miloslav. Společnosti pozdní doby. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2006. ISBN 80-86429-63-6.
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