(in Polish) Modernizacja. Idee i procesy

elective courses

(in Polish) Dobra znajomość współczesnych nurtów myśli społecznej i zainteresowania związane z problematyką nierówności i zmian klimatycznych

Classroom

Modernization has become one of the most important topics in the social sciences and humanities. Different approaches in conceptualization and modernization research will be discussed. The starting point will be reading the Memoirs of the Nervously Ill Daniel Paul Schreber. At the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this reading and its interpretations became iconic when it comes to issues related to modernization. Modernization is, on the one hand, great processes – the formation of the modern state in new institutions (police, school), development, industrialization and urbanization, and on the other hand, a constant dispute with these changes, which was expressed in culture (psychoanalysis and art) and in social upheavals (social movements and revolutions).

Modernization has become one of the most important topics in the social sciences and humanities. Different approaches in conceptualization and modernization research will be discussed. The starting point will be reading the Memoirs of the Nervously Ill Daniel Paul Schreber. At the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this reading and its interpretations became iconic when it comes to issues related to modernization. Modernization is, on the one hand, great processes – the formation of the modern state in new institutions (police, school), development, industrialization and urbanization, and on the other hand, a constant dispute with these changes, which was expressed in culture (psychoanalysis and art) and in social upheavals (social movements and revolutions). Modernization is a time of formation of ideas and ideals and their migration between different cultures. During the classes, various versions of modernization will be discussed – French, German, Anglo-Saxon and peripheral. The last part of the classes will be devoted to the decline of modernization and the emergence of new social and cultural forms heralding the end of both modernization and the "great narrative" about modernity.

W. Benjamin, Twórca i wytwórca

M. Berman, „Wszystko, co stale, rozpływa się w powietrzu”. Rzecz o doświadczeniu nowoczesności

L. Boltanski, Śledztwa i spiski

J. Crary, Zawieszenia percepcji

H. Foster, Prosthetic Gods

E. Hobsbawm, Wiek rewolucji 1789-1848

T. Majewski, W. Marzec, A. Rejniak-Majewska, Migracje modernizmu

M. Narożniak, Niewolnicy modernizacji

V. Nelson, Sekretne życie lalek

D.P. Schreber, Pamiętniki nerwowo chorego

E. L. Santner, Daniel Paul Schreber’s Secrets History of Modernity

K_W01 Knows and understands basic concepts of various sub-domains of sociology (e.g. sociology of family, health, work, religion, economy, education, etc)

K_W02 Is aware of ongoing theoretical and methodological disputes conducted in modern sociology; is reflective and critical of various positions

K_W03 Has in-depth knowledge about social structures and selected social institutions as well as their interrelations

K_W04 Is reflective and critical of the problem of social differentiation and inequalities

K_W05 Has in-depth knowledge about the types of social ties and mechanisms supporting collective governance

K_W06 Has in-depth knowledge about cultural diversity and its transformations, cultural identity, and intercultural interaction and communication

K_W14 Has in-depth knowledge of assumptions and claims of selected historical and contemporary sociological theories

K_W15 Approaches the choice of a particular theoretical perspective in a reflective and critical way

K_U01 Can identify causes and predict potential effects of past and current social events; can form critical judgments about current and past social events

K_U03 Can independently form and verify judgments about the causes of selected social phenomena

K_U04 Can use theoretical categories and research methods in the description and analysis of social and cultural changes in modern societies, as well as their consequences

K_U09 Can relate an academic text to the problems of social life and its empirical studies