Předmět Foundations of Cultural Sociology (SOC787)

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Cíl

Arguably, signs, symbols and meanings have always been the province of sociologists but not always their primary concern. Many believe we have finally taken or are in the midst of taking a “cultural turn” in contemporary sociology. Problems of meaning, discourse, aesthetics, value, textuality, and narrativity, topics traditionally within the purview of humanists, have come to the fore as sociologists increasingly emphasize the role of meanings, symbols, cultural frames and cognitive schema in their theorization of social processes and institutions. This course will chart such a move, providing a wide-ranging overview of the ways in which culture has been conceived and utilized in the evolution of contemporary cultural sociological thought, culminating in the Strong Program beginning in the 1990s in the United States.Course Objectives:By the end of the semester, students should be able to:• Compare and contrast different sociological approaches to the study of culture• Review and analyze patterns of historical change in the meanings of culture as a theoretical concept• Recognize, define and discuss the debates concerning the sociological sub-disciplines of “cultural sociology” vs. “sociology of culture”• Apply a sociological lens for analysis of cultural phenomena in various social spheres, including the state, the economy, the family, education, religion and civil society• Critically reflect about their own cultural experiences in light of sociological and historical data• To cultivate research proficiency and expertise by undertaking a semester-long research paper that involves primary sociological texts, the incorporation of a strong thesis and multiple drafts

Osnova

Seminar 1: Introduction to courseSeminar 2: What is Culture? What is Cultural Sociology?Seminar 3: Culture in Classical Social TheorySeminar 4: The Durkheimians: Ritual, Classification, and the SacredSeminar 5: Structuralism and the Semiotic Analysis of Culture/ The Poststructural TurnSeminar 6: Culture as TextSeminar 7: No class – reading weekSeminar 8: The Strong Program in Cultural Sociology:Social Performance TheorySeminar 9: Pushing Back against the Cultural TurnSeminar 10 The Strong Program in Cultural Sociology: Classification & Binary CodesSeminar 11: Pressing Issues: Race, Gender and the BodySeminar 12: What to do with Cultural Sociology?Seminar 13: The Strong Program in Cultural Sociology – Prospects for the Future

Literatura

povinná literaturaHandbook of cultural sociology. Edited by John R. Hall - Laura Grindstaff - Ming-Cheng Lo. New York, NY: Routledge, 2010. xxiii, 696. ISBN 9780415474450. infoSocial performance :symbolic action, cultural pragmatics, and ritual. Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander - Bernhard Giesen - Jason L. Mast. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xv, 374 s. ISBN 0-521-67462-X. infoALEXANDER, Jeffrey C. The meanings of social life :a cultural sociology. New York :.: Oxford University Press, 2003. 296 s. ;. ISBN 0-19-516084-3. infoCultural sociology. Edited by Lyn Spillman. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishers, 2002. xiv, 369 s. ISBN 0-631-21653-7. infoEDLES, Laura Desfor. Cultural sociology in practice. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishers, 2002. ix, 265 s. ISBN 0-631-21090-3. infoCulture and society :contemporary debates. Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander - Steven Seidman. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. vii, 375 s. ISBN 0-521-35939-2. info

Garant

prof. PhDr. Ladislav Rabušic, CSc.

Vyučující

Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky, Ph.D.Mgr. Ali Türünz