Reading in Historical Comparative Sociology - YMH002

• Title: Četba k historické srovnávací sociologii
• Guaranteed by: Programme Historical Sociology (24-HS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2021 to 2025
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 26 [hours]
• Capacity: unknown / unlimited (20)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: Czech
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Level: basic
• Note: enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Mgr. Marek Německý, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Marek Německý, Ph.D.
• Co-requisite : YMH001
• Interchangeability : YMH102
• Is pre-requisite for: YMH0177, YMH1177
• Is interchangeable with: YMH102

Annotation

English

Based on reading and discussion, this follow-up seminar to "Historical Comparative Sociology" elaborates on some of the presented topics, and aims to extend students' knowledge of selected representatives, conceptions and theories.

Last update: Německý Marek, Mgr., Ph.D. (18.05.2016)

Czech

Jedná se o seminář věnovaný četbě významných textů historické sociologie a diskusi nad nimi.

Last update: Německý Marek, Mgr., Ph.D. (06.10.2025)

Requirements to the exam

Požadavky k zápočtu pro denní studenty 2021/22

1. 80% účast na seminářích.
2. tři referáty 

Témata referátů

Kapitoly z Michael Mann Sources of Social Power Volume1

Last update: Baláž Picková Monika, Mgr. (25.02.2026)

Syllabus

Osnova semináře:

1. David Christian, William H. McNeill - Maps of Time_ An Introduction to Big History-University of California Press , introduction
2. David Christian, William H. McNeill - Maps of Time_ An Introduction to Big History-University of California Press Intensification and the origins of agriculture.
3. Lewellen-political-anthropology, Types of preindustrial political systems
4. Lewellen-political-anthropology, Types of preindustrial political systems 
5. Michael Mann Sources of Social Power Volume1, str. 73-104
6. Michael Mann Sources of Social Power Volume1, str. 190-232
7. S. N. Eisenstadt - The Origins and diversity of axial age civilizations-State University of New York Press (1986) , str. 1-28
8. Max Weber - Autorita, etika a společnost_ pohled sociologa do dějin-Mladá fronta (1997), str. 21-44
9. Max Weber - Autorita, etika a společnost_ pohled sociologa do dějin-Mladá fronta (1997), str. 45-91
10. Immanuel Wallerstein-The Essential Wallerstein-New Press, The (2000). str. 71-105
11. Immanuel Wallerstein-The Essential Wallerstein-New Press, The (2000). str. 71-105 
12. Závěr, shrnutí, diskuze

Last update: Andělová Michaela, Bc. (13.03.2026)