Course: Key concepts and theories of the social sciences - K24

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Course title Key concepts and theories of the social sciences - K24
Course code KSA/KLKO
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Petrucijová Jelena, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Modern points of view of society and man: K. Marx. 2. Modern points of view of society and man: E. Durkheim. 3. Modern points of view of society and man: M. Weber. 4. Foucault: discourse, knowledge, subjectivity, power 5. Bourdieu: structure and behavior, habitus, social field and capital 6. Space, identity and power: Gupta, Ferguson 7. Globalization: Bauman, Beck, Giddens 8. Cultural dimension of globalization: Appadurai 9. Postcolonialism: Fanon, Spivak 10. Latour: ANT and symmetric anthropology 11. New materialism

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Attendace - 24 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 50 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 50 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the current repertoire of concepts and theories currently used by interdisciplinary social sciences. Particular emphasis will be given to those approaches that have influenced and influenced anthropologists in conceptualizing field research topics and allow the theoretical framing of ethnography as a reveal of global tendencies in local processes and constellations.
Thanks to the course, students will be equipped with a repertoire of knowledge that will enable them to respond to current discussions concerning space and identities, power and discourse or cultures (s) and globalization. The course will extend their theoretical framework for locating their own research topics in contemporary social science discourse.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Harrington, A. a kol. (2006). Moderní sociální teorie.. Praha: Portál.
  • Moore, H. L., Sanders, T., eds. (2005). Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2024) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2024) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2024) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -