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Lecturer(s)
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Znebejánek František, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Jan Keller: theories of modernization 2. Charles Tilly: development of economic and political capital in Europe 3. Karl Marx: analysis of capitalism 4. Max Weber: rationalization 5. Alaine Touraine: critique o modernization 6. Alaine Touraine: postindustrial society 7. Jürgen Habermas: system and Lebensweld 8. Anthony Giddens: reflexive modernity 9. Zygmund Bauman: globalization 10. Ralf Dahrendorf: class and class conflict in industrial societies 11. Ralf Dahrendorf: modern social conflict 12. Ulrich Beck: risk society 13. Summarization
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
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Learning outcomes
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The course introduces the basic concepts of transformations of modernity. Highlights the complexity of the processes taking place in this stage of development companies and points out that one aspect of changes of modernity is change in the character theory of conflict. European conflict theory sees the source of conflict, first in the economic sphere, later in the political sphere and the end of the 20th century in the cultural sphere. In the U.S., the theory of conflict turn depending primarily on changes in the political sphere. The conflict is analyzed in the course as a process that has its source, the conflicting groups, the interaction between these groups and effects. The course is based on the assumption that the theory of conflict, inter alia, in turn, depending on the social changes, and therefore can be variations of these theories to demonstrate the transformation of modernity itself.
Students understand the processes which are in progress in modern societies. They are able to identify their sources, course, effects and also actors of changes taking place in contemporary societies.
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Prerequisites
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Requirement is to go through the course Introduction to sociology, respectively knowledge of basic sociological concepts.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Oral exam
Students have to pass an oral examination. Precondition of a success in the examination is reading and understanding of the assigned texts.
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Recommended literature
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Dahrendorf, R. (2007). Hledání nového řádu: přednášky o politice svobody v 21. století. Praha: Paseka.
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Giddens, A., & Müller, K. (2010). Důsledky modernity. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.
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Giddens, A., & Ogrocká, J. (2000). Unikající svět: jak globalizace mění náš život. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON).
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