Course: Contemporary Sociology

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Course title Contemporary Sociology
Course code KZU/SSM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
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)
Course content
1st The dispute between subjectivism and objectivism - attempts to link 2nd Structuralism and post-structuralism 3rd The process of modernization 4th The concept of late modernity 5th Postmodernism 6th The social construction of reality 1 7th The social construction of reality and media 8th Feminism 9th Biological and cultural determinism 10th Gender and sex 11th Individualism and massment

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim is to present contemporary researches and findings from sociology. Thematization each circuit is chosen so that was useful and should overlap into the framework of media studies.
Knowledge of topics and researches of contemporary sociology.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic concepts, terms and approaches in sociology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay

Active 75% participation in seminar lessons, final essay and discussion about it.
Recommended literature
  • Bauman, Z. (1995). Úvahy o postmoderní době. Praha: Slon.
  • Bourdieu, P. Nadvláda mužů. Praha: Karolinum 2000..
  • Fafejta, M. Úvod do sociologie pohlaví a sexuality, Nakladatelství J. Piskiewicz, Věrovany 2004.
  • Foucault, M. Dějiny šílenství. Praha, Lidové noviny, 1994.
  • Lyotard, J.F. O postmodernismu, FILOSOFIA, 1993.


Study plans that include the course
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