Reading in Historical Comparative Sociology - YMH502

• Title: Reading in Historical Comparative Sociology
• Guaranteed by: Programme Historical Sociology (24-HS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2021
• 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 / 15 (15)
• 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; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan; can be fulfilled in the future
• Guarantor: Mgr. Marek Německý, Ph.D.; Adam Coman, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Adam Coman, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses available to incoming students

Annotation

Last update: Adam Coman, Ph.D. (30.09.2021)

The seminar focuses on reading and discussing important historical sociological texts.

Syllabus

Last update: Adam Coman, Ph.D. (12.10.2022)

* Structure of Lessons:

1.     Course introduction (Jiri Subrt - The Perspective of Historical Sociology, pp.7-20)

2.     Comte + Spencer (Comte: The Positive Philosophy of August Comte pp. 27-41; Sztompka 101-104)

3.     Marx (Marx - A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, Preface)

4.     Weber (protestant ethics chapter 1)

5.     Durkheim (division of labor in society; mechanical/organic solidarity; Division of Labor – “the problem”)

6.     Elias (Civilizing process, preface)

7.     Systemic: Parsons (+Luhmann) (Parsons: societies: comparative studies)

8.     Conflict theory + Huntington

9.     Arendt, Popper, Aron

10.  Nationalism (Gellner, Huntington, Hroch)

11.  American historical sociology (Moore, Tilly, Skocpol, Mann, Wallerstein)

12.  Summary

Additional recommended reading:

Jiri Subrt – The perspective of historical sociology

Piotr Sztompka – The sociology of social change

Dennis Smith – The rise of historical sociology