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KSA / SOST
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KSA
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SOST
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Social Structures and Social Worlds
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
5
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
Seminar
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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1 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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17 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
0
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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The aim of the course is to acquaint students with key concepts of social theory. It will deal with the definition of concepts such as social structure, social behavior and social worlds and their relations. Furthermore, by studying the behavior of social groups and collective action in its various forms. The discipline deals with the analysis of human behavior in the context of social groups and the possibilities of its investigation (especially field research), insights into human behavior through society, social system and social structure. The discipline acquaints students with the forms of societies, man as a social being as a part of social relations, with social structure, formation of social groups, with their types, and with selected aspects of social life. It is concluded by information on the possibilities of exploring the social life of groups.
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Requirements on student
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1) 75% attendance at the seminar
2) active reading of given texts according to the reading schedule
3) submitting an essay on the assigned topic
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Content
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1. Society and culture, traditional and modern societies
2. Man as a social being, social behavior, socialization, enculturation
3. Social structure, social stratification, social groups, types of social groups
4. Categorization of Others - foreigner
5. Social systems, status and role
6. Social order, rules, norms and values
7. Institutions and social control, authority and power, tradition
8. Social structures and space, habitus and fields
9. Social relations, donation and exchange, cultural capital
10. Exploring the social life of groups, ethnicity as an analytical category
11. Forms of intergroup conflicts
12. Social worlds and determinism
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Ortner, S. B. Anthropology and Social Theory: Culture, Power, and the Acting Subject. Duke University Press Books.. 2006.
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Basic:
Moore, H. L.; Sanders, T. Anthropology in Theory. Issues in Epistemology. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. 2006.
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Basic:
Bourdieu, P. Teorie jednání. Praha: Karolinum.. 1998.
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Recommended:
Foucault, M. Archeologie vědění. Praha: Herrmann & synové.. 2002.
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Recommended:
Archer, M. Being Human: The Problem of Agency. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.. 2000.
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Recommended:
Giddens, A. Central problems in social theory : action, structure and contradiction in social analysis. Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press.. 1979.
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Recommended:
Archer, M. Culture and Agency: The Place of Culture in Social Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.. 1988.
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Recommended:
Foucault, M. Dějiny šílenství v době osvícenství. Praha: NLN.. 1994.
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Recommended:
Foucault, M. Dohlížet a trestat. Kniha o zrodu vězení. Praha: Dauphin.. 2000.
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Recommended:
Archer, M. Generative Mechanisms Transforming the Social Order. Springer International Publishing.. 2015.
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Recommended:
Harrington, A. a kol. Moderní sociální teorie. Praha: Portál.. 2006.
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Recommended:
Archer, M. Morphogenesis and Human Flourishing. Springer International Publishing.. 2017.
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Recommended:
Giddens, A. New Rules of Sociological Method. Stanford University Press.. 1993.
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Recommended:
Bourdieu, P. Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge University Press.. 2013.
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Recommended:
Giddens, A. Proměna intimity: sexualita, láska a erotika v moderních společnostech. Praha: Portál.. 2012.
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Recommended:
Bourdieu, P.; Passeron, J.-C. Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture. Sage.. 1990.
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Recommended:
Giddens, A. Social Theory and Modern Sociology. New York: John Wiley & Sons.. 2013.
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Recommended:
Lévi-Strauss, C. Strukturální antropologie II. Argo.. 2007.
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Recommended:
Bourdieu, P. The Social Structures of the Economy, Polity.. 2005.
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Recommended:
McGee, R. J.; Warms, R. L. Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia. Sage Publications.. 2013.
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Recommended:
Foucault, M. Zrození kliniky. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervant. 2010.
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On-line library catalogues
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
Student is able to describe the process of socialization and the importance of social life. The student can explain the form of social structure and typology of social groups. He/she can interpret basic aspects of social life, apply basic terminology, propose basic possibilities of social group research with respect to selected topics. |
Teaching methods |
- Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
- Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Assessment methods |
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