Course: Culture and Power

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Course title Culture and Power
Course code KZU/KMM
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zahrádka Pavel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Pierre Bourdieu, kontext 2. Theory of action 3. Position in social space 4. Habitus, taste and lifestyle 5. Theory of cultural difference 6. Cultural Field 7. - 9. Symbolic violence 10. Discussion

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar will be an interpretation of the theory of Culture of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu
Students will acquire skills of the course according to sylabus.
Prerequisites
General knowledge acquired during the studies.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Credit requirement: written seminary work.
Recommended literature
  • BOURDIEU, Pierre, DARBEL, Alain. The Love of Art, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2007.
  • Bourdieu, Pierre. Distinction. A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste, London: Routledge, 1984..
  • Bourdieu, Pierre. Nadvláda mužů, Praha: Karolinum, 2000..
  • DIMAGGIO, Paul. On Pierre Bourdieu" in: The American Journal of Sociology, 1979, roč. 84, č. 6, s. 1460-1474.
  • DOPITA, Miroslav. (2007). Pierre Bourdieu o umění, výchově a společnosti: reflexe sociologie praxe Pierra Bourdieua v české sociologii.. Olomouc: UP.
  • HARRINGTON, Austin. Art and Social Theory: Sociological Arguments in Aesthetics. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2004.
  • McRobbie, Angela. Aktuální témata kulturálních studií. Praha: Portál, 2007..
  • Veblen, Thorstein. Teorie zahálčivé třídy, Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999..


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