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Lecturer(s)
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Mühlpachr Pavel, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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What does sociology study and how it came to existence. Basic theoretical perspective (dilemmas) of sociology. Social structure and social interaction. Socialisation. Family and its crisis. Culture and institutions. Socio-cultural inequality. Socio-economic inequality. Two views on the function of current educational systems. Social deviation. Methods of sociological research. When is sociology beneficial? (Options and limitations).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of the course is to offer the students, who study different disciplines, a basic understanding of selected theoretical concepts: how and why it came to existence, its main subject matter, theoretical background, the research methods. Students will also get acquinted with the key figures and theories of sociology/social anthropology. All these concepts will help us to better scrutinize key issues faced by the contemporary societies around the world.
Students will gain an understanding of selected concepts and social problems representing a core of the contemporary sociology/social anthropology.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
Examination
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Recommended literature
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Amitav Ghosh. Ve starobylé zemi.
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Anna Tsing. Friction.
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BAUMAN, Z. Globalizace. Důsledky pro člověka, Praha: Mladá Fronta 1999.
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Didier Fassin. Humanitarian reason.
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Eric Wolf. Europe and the people without history.
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Erica Bornstein. Forces of compassion.
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GIDDENS, A. Důsledky modernity, Praha: SLON 1998.
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GIDDENS, A. Sociologie, Praha: Argo 1999.
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James Ferguson. Global shadows.
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Jean Comaroff a John L. Comaroff. Millennial capitalism and the culture of neoliberalism.
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KELLER, J. Dějiny klasické sociologie, Praha: Slon 2005.
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KELLER, J. Úvod do sociologie , Praha: SLON 2002.
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Keller, Jan. Tři sociální světy : sociální struktura postindustriální společnosti. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7419-031-5.
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Loic Wacquant. Punishing the poor.
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Mbembe, Joseph-Achille. On the postcolony.
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Michele Dillon. Introduction to sociological theory.
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Mitchell Dean. Governmentality.
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MONTOUSSÉ, RENOURARD. Přehled sociologie , Praha: Portál 2005.
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Nancy Scheper-Hughes. Death without weeping.
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Paul Farmer. Pathologies of power.
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Paul Rabinow. Anthropos today.
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REICH, R.B. V pasti úspěchu, Prostor 2003.
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Zymunt Bauman. Myslet sociologicky.
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