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Lecturer(s)
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Kubátová Helena, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Interpretation of basic European and American sociological theories of 20th century. 1. Karl Mannheim: analysis of ideology 2. Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School (Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm, Jürgen Habermas) 3. Alfred Schütz: phenomenological sociology and everyday world; Phenomenological sociology after A. Schütz; (Harold Garfinkel, Erving Goffman); Peter L. Berger a Thomas Luckmann: social construction of reality 4. Talcott Parsons, Robert K. Merton: structural functionalism 5. Niklas Luhmann: functionalist structuralism 6. Ralf Dahrendorf: class conflict, conflict concerning the distribution of life chances 7. The concept of a conflict in American sociology (Lewis Coser, Randall Collins) 8. Pierre Bourdieu: reproduction of social inequality, social space model 9. Anthony Giddens: the theory of structuration, the policy of the third way 10. Exchange theory and rational choice theory; postmodernism
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
- Attendace
- 24 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 50 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Exam
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the discipline is to make students familiar with the development modern European and American sociology. The content of the discipline is the explanation of basic modern sociological theories: phenomenological sociology, sociology of knowledge, marxism, structural functionalism, interactionism, theories of modernization, postmodernism.
Student defines and interprets the basic sociological theories and methods. Student is able to compare European and American Sociological Theory. Student defines and interprets the development of phenomenological sociology and interactionism. Student is able to compare the modern and postmodern social theories. Student is able to apply theoretical knowledge to specific social and cultural problems of modern society, e.g. he/she can evaluate and assess the practice of Czech and European policies.
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Prerequisites
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No prior requirements
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
At the exam student must demonstrate the following competences: Student is able to define and interpret the basic sociological theories and methods. Student is able to compare European and American Sociological Theory. Student defines and interprets the development of phenomenological sociology and interactionism. Student is able to compare the modern and postmodern social theories. Student is able to apply theoretical knowledge to specific social and cultural problems of modern society, e.g. he/she can evaluate and assess the practice of Czech and European policies.
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Recommended literature
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Benedictová, R. (1999). Kulturní vzorce. Praha: Argo.
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BERGER, P., L., LUCKMANN, T. (1999). Konstrukce sociální reality.. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury.
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Bourdieu, P. (1998). Teorie jednání.. Praha: Karolinum.
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Cuin, Ch.-H., Gresle, F. (2004). Dějiny sociologie.. Praha: SLON.
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Dahrendorf, R. (2007). Hledání nového řádu: přednášky o politice svobody v 21. století. Praha: Paseka.
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Foucault, M.:. Dějiny šílenství, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1993.
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Giddens, A. 1998. Důsledky modernity. Praha: SLON..
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Kubátová, H. (2009). Sociologie. UPOL.
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Lyotard, J.-F. Postmoderní situace..
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Mannheim, K.: . Ideologie a utopie, Archa, 1991.
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Merton, R. K. (1998). Studie ze sociologické teorie.. Praha: SLON.
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Mouzelis, N. (1994). Sociological Theory: What went wrong?. London: Routledge.
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Šubrt, J., & Balon, J. (2010). Soudobá sociologická teorie. Praha: Grada.
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