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Lecturer(s)
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Popelka Miroslav, prof. PhDr. Dr.
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Course content
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1. functionalism and neofunctionalism (Parsons, Merton, Alexander) 2. interpretativism and interactionism (Schutz, Mead, Goffman, Garfinkel, Manheim) 3. historical social theory (Smelser, Eisenstadt, Moore, Tilly, Skocpol, Wallestein, Elias) 4. neomarxism (Lukács, Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse, Habermans) 5. psychoanalysis (Lacan, Althusser, Žizek, Kristeva, Deleuze, Guattari) 6. postmodernism (Lyotard, Baudrillard, Jameson, Bauman) 7.-8. structuralism and poststructuralism (Lévi-Strauss, Derida, Foucault) 9. structure and action (Giddens, Bourdieu) 10. feminism (Sylvia Walby, Judith Butler, Naomi Wolf) 11.-12. globalisation (Castells, Harvey, Hardt, Negri, Robertson)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Project-based instruction, Students' portfolio, Students' self-study, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 21 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 65 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and explain basic sociological theories. |
| to describe the formation of sociological perspectives on the study of society. |
| to characterize the basic knowledge resulting from empirical research. |
| to enumerate and describe the basic developmental stages of the formation of Western societies. |
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| to create a formally acceptable professional output. |
| to actively use foreign databases of professional journals. |
| to independently interpret knowledge from various subfields of sociology. |
| 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 distinguish changes in the definition of key sociological terms used in theories of the second half of the twentieth century. |
| to explain theoretical models and methodological procedures developed in theories of the second half of the twentieth century. |
| to characterize different types of conflicts arising from different epistemological and methodological positions in theories of the second half of the twentieth century in the interpretation of social phenomena. |
| to enumerate and characterize key studies related to theories of the second half of the twentieth century. |
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| to classify different types of paradigms and theories of the second half of the twentieth century. |
| to independently demonstrate specific conflicting approaches between theories of the twentieth century. |
| to independently critically evaluate theories and their methodological approaches. |
| to independently choose a suitable theoretical and methodological approach for the analysis of modern societies based on a selected theory of the second half of the twentieth century. |
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| Self-study of literature |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Adorno, Theodor; Horkheimer Max. Dialectic of Enlightenment. New York: Continuum. 1973..
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Althusser Louis; Balibar, Etienne. Reading Capital. Verso. 1998..
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Balon, Jan. Sociologická teorie : příběh krize a fragmentace ? projekt obnovy a rekonstrukce. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86429-72-4.
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Butler, Judith. Trampoty s rodom : feminizmus a podrývanie identity. Bratislava : Aspekt, 2003. ISBN 80-85549-41-7.
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Castells, Manuel; Hall, Peter. Technopoles of the world : the making of twenty-first-century industrial complexes. London : Routledge, 2000. ISBN 0-415-10015-1.
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Castells, Manuel. The power of identity. Malden : Blackwell, 2004. ISBN 1-4051-0713-6.
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Castells, Manuel. The rise of the network society. Malden : Blackwell Publishers, 2000. ISBN 0-631-22140-9.
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Deleuze, Gilles; Guattari Félix. Anti-?dipus. London and New York: Continuum. 2004..
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Eisenstadt, Shauel Noah. The political systems of empires. New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, 1993. ISBN 1-56000-641-2.
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Elias, Norbert; Dunning, Eric; Goudsblom, Johan; Mennell, Stephen. The civilizing process : sociogenetic and psychogenetic investigations. Oxford : Blackwell, 2000. ISBN 0-631-22161-1.
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Fredric, Jameson. Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 1991..
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Garner, Roberta. Social theory. Volume I. A Reader.
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Garner, Roberta. Social theory. volume II, power and identity in the global era, a reader. Peterborough, Broadview Press, 2004. ISBN 1-55111-664-2.
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Habermas, Jürgen. Strukturální přeměna veřejnosti : zkoumání jedné kategorie občanské společnosti. Praha : Filosofia, 2000. ISBN 80-7007-134-6.
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Hardt, Michael; Negri, Antonio. Empire : die neue Weltordnung. Frankfurt : Campus Verlag, 2003. ISBN 3-593-37230-4.
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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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Harvey, David. Spaces of global capitalism. London : Verso, 2006. ISBN 1-84467-550-5.
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Kristeva, Julia. Revolution in Poetic Language. New York: Columbia University Press. 1984..
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Marcuse, Herbert. Jednorozměrný člověk: studie o ideologii rozvinuté industriální společnosti. Praha: Naše vojsko. 1991..
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Petrusek, Miloslav. Společnosti pozdní doby. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2006. ISBN 80-86429-63-6.
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Shanun Best. A beginner´s Guide to Social Theory.
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Skocpol, Theda. Vision and method in historical sociology. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1984. ISBN 0-521-29724-9.
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Šubrt, Jiří. Soudobá sociologie I : (teoretické koncepce a jejich autoři). Praha : Karolinum, 2007. ISBN 978-80-246-1275-1.
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Šubrt, Jiří. Soudobá sociologie. II, (Teorie sociálního jednání a sociální struktury). Praha : Karolinum, 2008. ISBN 978-80-246-1413-7.
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Šubrt, Jiří. Soudobá sociologie. III, (Diagnózy soudobých společností). V Praze : Karolinum, 2008. ISBN 978-80-246-1486-1.
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Tilly, Charles. Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-70153-2.
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Tilly, Charles. Politika kolektivního násilí. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2006. ISBN 80-86277-60-1.
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Wallerstein, Immanuel. The Modern World-System, vol. I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century. New York/London: Academic Press. 1974..
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Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women. William Morrow and Company. 1991..
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Žizek, Slavoj. Nepolapitelný subjekt. Chybějící střed politické ontologie. Luboš Marek: Brno. 2007..
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