Course: Bourdieu and Social Science Theories

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Course title Bourdieu and Social Science Theories
Course code KSKA/MBOUR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hyánková Tereza, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
  • Contact teaching - 39 hours per semester
  • Individual project - 30 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 50 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to critically examine issues in social science theory using Pierre Bourdieu's research, concepts, and theories.
We will focus on topics such as the relationship between structuralism and constructivism or subjectivism and objectivism. We will show how Bourdieu connected these perspectives in his seminal and influential theory of action. Using topics related to social, cultural, gender, and political dominance, we will examine how Bourdieu approached these topics and how other prominent social science theorists approached them; how their approaches are similar and how they differ. Finally, we will examine Pierre Bourdieu's legacyon the one hand, criticism of Pierre Bourdieu and "anti-Bourdieu" sociology, and on the other hand, studies that take Bourdieu's concepts and theories as an important inspiration for their anthropological analyses.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Recommended literature
  • Bourdieu, P. Nadvláda mužů. Praha: Karolinum, 2000.
  • Bourdieu, P. Sociologické hledání sebe sama. Brno: Doplněk, 2012.
  • Bourdieu, P. Teorie jednání. Praha: Karolinum, 1999.


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