Sociological Theory - YBAJ197

• Title: Sociological Theory
• Guaranteed by: Programme Liberal Arts and Humanities (24-SHVAJ)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 30 / unknown (30)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Ludmila Maria Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Ludmila Maria Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D.
• Class: Courses available to incoming students
• Incompatibility : YBAJ054
• Pre-requisite : YBAJ009

Annotation

English

Last update: Bc. Veronika Kučabová (14.06.2022)

The course is an introduction to the sociological theory and offers a closer analysis of the main sociological concepts (both classic and contemporary). In a form of a lecture, the course offers a comprehensive overview of the most influential theories and theoreticians. Individual lectures are devoted to particular issues in sociological theory. The course is recommended for the students, who already graduated from the course Introduction to Sociology.

Czech

Last update: Bc. Veronika Kučabová (14.06.2022)

This course is recommended for students, who already took the course Introduction to Sociology. It is open to Erasmus students and strongly recommended to SHV AJ (Liberal Arts and Humanities programme) students, since it partially works with the literature for the Comprehensive Exam in Social Sciences.

Aim of the course

Last update: Bc. Veronika Kučabová (14.06.2022)

• to provide students with an essential knowledge in sociological theory (classic and contemporary)
• to practice sociological thniking and imagination through discussing various paradigms and perspectives
• to encourage students to choose sociology as an acedemic discipline

Teaching methods

Last update: Bc. Veronika Kučabová (14.06.2022)

Type of the course: lecture. This course is recommended for students, who already took the course Introduction to Sociology. It is open to Erasmus students and strongly recommended to SHV AJ (Liberal Arts and Humanities programme) students, since it partially works with the literature for the Comprehensive Exam in Social Sciences.

Syllabus

Last update: Ludmila Maria Wladyniak, M.A., Ph.D. (06.01.2024)

COURSE PLAN

INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction to sociological theory

SOCIOLOGICAL CLASSICS

2. Emil Durkheim

3. Max Weber

4. Georg Simmel - a guest lecture by prof. B. Thériault

5. Karl Marx

MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES

6. Sociology & ecology ( university climate strike lecture)

7. Symbolic interactionism

8. Structural functionalism

9. Social constructionism & agency-structure integration: Anthony Giddens and Pierre Bourdieu

10. Postmodernism and theories of (late)modernity, feminist theory

11. Good imagination and bad writing - how to work with sociologial theory: C.S. Mills & S. Andreski

reading week: 20th-24th November (no in-class lecture)

Course completion requirements

Last update: Bc. Veronika Kučabová (14.06.2022)

• students are expected to attend at least 70% of sessions
• active class participation
• writing exam (3 questions concerning discussed theories and their implications)

Learning resources

Last update: Bc. Veronika Kučabová (14.06.2022)

https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=8535