Course: Culture Theories

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Course title Culture Theories
Course code KZU/TKKM
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
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)
  • Kysučan Lubor, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Havlíček Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1st society, culture, civilization? conceptual and theoretical problem; 2nd source theory of culture: philosophy, history, social and cultural anthropology; 3rd material basis of culture; 4th institutional basis of culture; 5th value basis of culture; 6th symbolic forms of culture: myth; 7th symbolic forms of culture: religion; 8th symbolic forms of culture: art; 9th symbolic forms of culture: philosophy, science, technology; 10th culture, communication, media; 11th modern / postmodern culture; 12th electronic culture.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is learning to identify, describe and analyze the cultural aspects of social life, including its value, normative and institutional basis, taking into account the role of communication and media in contemporary culture.
Students acquire basic knowledge about concepts of culture Students acquire a set of key terms and analytical approaches to the culture Students are able to analyze cultural phenomens by means of theoretical devices
Prerequisites
ability to work with specialized texts

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Colloquium students to submit: 1st list of the literature 2nd paper by the assignment and the dates.
Recommended literature
  • ELIADE, M. Posvátné a profánní. Praha: Česká křesťanská akademie, 1994.
  • FRAZER, J.G. Zlatá ratolest. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2007.
  • HUBÍK, S. Postmoderní kultura. Olomouc: M.U.K.L., 1995.
  • KROEBER, A.L., KLUCKHOHN, C. Kritický nástin systémů a definic kultury. Brno: KKS, 1969.
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, C. Mýtus význam. Bratislava: 1993.
  • MALINOWSKI, B. Vědecká teorie kultury. Brno: KKS, 1968.
  • McLUHAN, M. Člověk, média a elektronická kultura. Brno: JOTA, 2000.
  • MURPHY, R.F. Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie. Praha: SLON, 1998.


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