The Sociology of Conflict, War and Terrorism - YMH545

• Title: The Sociology of Conflict, War and Terrorism
• Guaranteed by: Programme Historical Sociology (24-HS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2025
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 26 [hours]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (40)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Level: specialized
• Is provided by: YMH068
• Note: priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Mgr. Karel Černý, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): James Herbert Krapfl, Ph.D.
• Co-requisite : {The course under this code is intended for MA level students. If a course is shared, BA students may register for the bachelor’s version of the course, identified by a course code beginning with “YB".}
• Incompatibility : YBAJ172, YMH045, YMH145
• Is incompatible with: YMH063, YMH163, YBAJ172, YMH045, YMH145, YBLS008

Annotation

English

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: Baláž Picková Monika, Mgr. (03.12.2020)

Czech

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).

Last update: Baláž Picková Monika, Mgr. (27.02.2026)

Syllabus

* 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.

Last update: Andělová Michaela, Bc. (13.03.2026)