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Lecturer(s)
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Šotola Jaroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course 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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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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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.
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.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
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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Recommended literature
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Archer, M. (2000). Being Human: The Problem of Agency. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press..
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Archer, M. (1988). Culture and Agency: The Place of Culture in Social Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press..
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Archer, M. (2015). Generative Mechanisms Transforming the Social Order. Springer International Publishing..
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Archer, M. (2017). Morphogenesis and Human Flourishing. Springer International Publishing..
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Bourdieu, P. (2013). Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge University Press..
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Bourdieu, P.; Passeron, J.-C. (1990). Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture. Sage..
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Bourdieu, P. (1998). Teorie jednání. Praha: Karolinum..
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Bourdieu, P. (2005). The Social Structures of the Economy, Polity..
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Foucault, M. (2002). Archeologie vědění. Praha: Herrmann & synové..
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Foucault, M. (1994). Dějiny šílenství v době osvícenství. Praha: NLN..
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Foucault, M. (2000). Dohlížet a trestat. Kniha o zrodu vězení. Praha: Dauphin..
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Foucault, M. (2010). Zrození kliniky. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervant.
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Giddens, A. (1979). Central problems in social theory : action, structure and contradiction in social analysis. Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press..
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Giddens, A. (1993). New Rules of Sociological Method. Stanford University Press..
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Giddens, A. (2012). Proměna intimity: sexualita, láska a erotika v moderních společnostech. Praha: Portál..
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Giddens, A. (2013). Social Theory and Modern Sociology. New York: John Wiley & Sons..
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Harrington, A. a kol. (2006). Moderní sociální teorie. Praha: Portál..
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Lévi-Strauss, C. (2007). Strukturální antropologie II. Argo..
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McGee, R. J.; Warms, R. L. (2013). Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia. Sage Publications..
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Moore, H. L.; Sanders, T. (2006). Anthropology in Theory. Issues in Epistemology. Blackwell Publishing Ltd..
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Ortner, S. B. (2006). Anthropology and Social Theory: Culture, Power, and the Acting Subject. Duke University Press Books..
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