Sociologie státního socialismu - JSM483

• Anglický název: Sociology of State Socialism
• Zajišťuje: Katedra sociologie (23-KS)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2010
• Semestr: letní
• E-Kredity: 7
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:písemná
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:2/0, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: neurčen / neurčen (20)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: nevyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Další informace: http://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=943
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu; při zápisu přednost, je-li ve stud. plánu
• Garant: doc. Mgr. Martin Hájek, Ph.D.

Anotace

The course will be taught again in the academic year 2011/2012!!!

Course Description.
see http://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=943
Although the real socialism was the dominant social structure in Central and Eastern Europe for almost half a century, in the
university curricula it has received only a marginal attention and almost exclusively of historiographical or political nature. In
addition, if a sociological perspective is applied to the state socialism then is directed mainly to areas of everyday life, rather
than on social organization as such.
In a large part, the course is based on our own sociological and anthropological studies of state socialism, which where
carried out in 2000-2005 and the results have been widely published (including the recent publication Kabele J. and M.
Hájek: Jak vládli. 2008). The course links researchers from several disciplines (sociology, anthropology, history / political
science) and, if possible, achieves a multi-layered perspective on the phenomenon.
The target group are mainly foreign students studying at Charles University with the aim to provide them with knowledge of
relatively broad issues of social organization of state socialism in our country. The course should be attractive to that part of
social-oriented students who are interested in understanding both the specific forms of political organization and the
historical context of Czech society a culture.

Poslední úprava: Hájek Martin, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (02.01.2011)

Požadavky ke zkoušce

Course requirements and assignments.
Assignment guidelines:

Late assignments will not be accepted without prior arrangement. If you have a question or concern about an assignment, please contact the instructors early enough.

1. Book review (30 points): Provide a review of selected book from the list offered by the instructor or your own choice (need to be approved by the instructor). Expected length: 2 000 words. Paper due: 22nd May 2010

2. Term paper - essay (70 points): Each student will write an essay on any sociological topic concerning the socialist society (Czech society is recommended but not obligatory). Expected length: 4 000 words. Paper due: 5th June 2010

Poslední úprava: Hájek Martin, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (14.01.2010)

Sylabus

The course will be taught again in the academic year 2011/2012!!!

Course Calendar.

see http://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=943 for updated schedule

Week 1: Introductory class - What Was Socialism? (Hájek)

Week 2: Historical Sketch of Socialist Era in Czechoslovakia (Gjuričová)

Week 3: Communist Overturn in the Post-war Era (Kabele)

Week 4: Gender Order of Socialist Society (Havelková)

Week 5: Cadre politics as a part of socialist project of the "new" society and sociability. Ideas and practice (Černá)

Week 6: The Countryside in the Socialist Era (Kandert)

Week 7: Hierarchies of Czech Socialist Society (Hájek)

Week 8: The propaganda in the state socialist television (Reifová)

Week 9: Opposition Movements (Gjuričová)

Week 10: Semiotics of State Socialism (Hájek)

Week 11: A Stability of Czech Socialism (Kabele)

Week 12: Rector's Day - no class

Week 13: Film projection

Text, Readings, Materials.

On the Moodle site: http://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=943

Poslední úprava: Hájek Martin, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (02.01.2011)