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Last update: Mgr. Monika Baláž Picková (03.12.2020)
THIS COURSE IS ONLY INTENDED FOR THE STUDENTS OF HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY!
This course focuses on the issue of the proto-sociology of war (Clausewitz, Malthus, Lenin, Hobson, Kant) and the sociology of war (Sorokin, Tilly), as well as on the conflict paradigm in sociology and on the sociological analysis of terrorism.
Last update: Mgr. Karel Černý, Ph.D. (24.02.2021)
THIS COURSE IS ONLY INTENDED FOR THE STUDENTS OF HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY!
The lecture is dealsing with the sociology of conflict (K. Marx, L. Coser, R. Dahrendorf, Ch. W. Mills) and with the
main approaches to the sociology of revolution (P. Sorokin, J. Davies, T. Gurr, Ch. Tilly, C. Brinton, J. Alexander)
including selected case studies (for example the CzechoslovacCzechoslovak Velvet revolution of 1989). It also
deals with proto-sociology of war, (K. Marx, C. Clausewitz, T. Malthus, V. Lenin, J. Hobson, I. Kant), sociology of war
(P. Sorokin, Ch. Tilly, M. Kaldor, H. Joas, M. Klare, H. Dixon, S. Huntington), and sociology of terrorism (M.
Juergensmeyer, R. Pape).
The lectures will be held in MS Teams on regular bases.
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Syllabus - Czech
Last update: Mgr. Karolína Šedivcová (04.06.2019)
Structure of Lessons:
1. Sociology of conflict - introduction.
2. Sociology of conflict: Lewis Coser.
3. Sociology of conflict: Ralph Dahrendorf.
4. Sociology of conflict: Ch. W. Mills.
5. Sociology of revolution - introduction.
6. Sociology of revolution: P. Sorokin and J. Davies.
7. Sociology of revolution: C. Brinton and a selected case study.
8. Sociology of revolution: Ch. Tilly and S. Huntington.
9. Sociology of terrorism: M. Juergensmeyer and religious terrorism.
10. Sociology of terrorism: R. Pape and suicide terrorism.
11. Sociology of war: propaganda, gender.
12. Sociology of war: historical perspective, old and new wars.
13. Concluding remarks.
Required reading:
Sinisa Malesevic. Sociology of War and Violence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Mark Juergensmeyer. Terror in mind of god. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2001.
Robert Pape. Dying to Win. New York: Random House, 2005.