The Humanities and Social Sciences

Sociology
The course will provide a basis for understanding society and the social, as it offers students the most important theoretical inputs from the history of sociology as well as current social problems and questions. Students will be informed about most influential sociological thinking and thinkers and will analyse social processes and phenomena. The relationship between the individual and society will be explored; the role and the place of individual in different social situations (with a special emphasis on childhood and adolescence) in different social institutions (with a special emphasis on family and school). The course will include analysis of the core sociological agenda: social inequalities, social exclusion, poverty, social policy which as it is important to the individual and to society. It will also analyse the needs and options for the study of religions as value systems to which a differentiated approach has to be developed within ethical and democratic citizenship education in a pluralist society.

Philosophy:
The course presents various trends, fields, etc. of contemporary philosophy, as well as the philosophical basis of the humanities and social sciences. It pays special attention to everyday life and the educational process. Students get to know the basic concepts, conceptual contexts and debates in culture, ethics, education etc. in the framework of existentialism, hermeneutics, structuralism, psychoanalysis, debates on the Enlightenment, postmodernity etc. Philosophical concepts and conceptual contexts are furthermore described in relation to science, art, religion etc., as well as to everyday life and education practices.
Besides providing a basic acquaintance with philosophical concepts and conceptual contexts of various traditions, the course aim to connect and comparatively evaluate different approaches as well as showing their ethical dimensions etc. The accent is on the acquisition of on-going knowledge about developing philosophical concepts, reflection on the humanities and the ethical dimensions of life in a contemporary culture.

Sociology (selected chapters):
• Adam, Frane in Tomšič, Matevž (ur.). 2004. Kompendij socioloških teorij. Ljubljana: Študentska založba, 442 str. COBISS.SI-ID - 213939968
• Haralambos, Michael. 1999. Sociologija: Teme in pogledi. Ljubljana, DZS, 966 str. COBISS.SI-ID - 103292672
• Althusser, Louis. 2000. Ideologija in ideološki aparati države. V L. Althusser, Izbrani spisi, str. 55-110. Ljubljana, Založba/*cf. COBISS.SI-ID - 108716544
• Apple, Michael. 1992. Kaj šole učijo? V M. Apple, Šola, učitelj in oblast, str. 43-64. Ljubljana, Znanstveno in publicistično središče. COBISS.SI-ID - 32256512
• Bourdieu, Pierre. 2002. Struktura, habitus, prakse. V P. Bourdieu, Praktični čut, str. 89-111. Ljubljana, Studia Humanitatis. COBISS.SI-ID - 116673280
• Bauman, Zygmunt. 2002. Emancipacija. V Z. Bauman, Tekoča moderna, str. 23-67. Ljubljana, Založba /*cf. COBISS.SI-ID - 120656128
• Beck, Ulrich. 2001. Individualizacija, institucionalizacija in standardizacija življenjskih položajev in biografskih vzorcev. V U. Beck, Družba tveganja: na poti v neko drugo moderno, str. 187-200. Ljubljana, Krtina. COBISS.SI-ID - 113501184
• Davie, Grace. 2005. Negotov spomin: Religija v evropskih izobraževalnih sistemih. V G. Davie, Religija v moderni Evropi, str. 117-134. Ljubljana, FDV. COBISS.SI-ID - 223150336
• Kerševan, Marko. 2005. Predmet Verstva in etika v osnovni šoli. V M. Kerševan, Svoboda za cerkev, svoboda od cerkve, str. 163-172. COBISS.SI-ID - 218664448
• Laval, Christian. 2005. O znanju kot produkcijskem dejavniku. V C. Laval, Šola ni podjetje: neoliberalni napad na javno šolstvo, str. 43-61. Ljubljana, Krtina. COBISS.SI-ID - 221102848

Philosophy:
• Dolar Bahovec, E. in Bregar Golobič, K. (ur.). Šola in vrtec skozi ogledalo, DZS, Ljubljana, 2004, 2. pogl., 6. pogl. in Spremna beseda. COBISS.SI-ID - 216448000
• Debeljak, A., in sod. (ur.), Cooltura. Uvod v kulturne študije, Scripta, Študentska založba, Ljubljana, 2002, 1.pogl. COBISS.SI-ID - 115856640
• Freud, S., Predavanja za uvod v psihoanalizo, Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana, 2000, str. 168-180 in 289-303. COBISS.SI-ID - 10097409
• Kuhn, Th., Struktura znanstvenih revolucij, Krtina, Ljubljana, 1998, 1. pogl. COBISS.SI-ID - 79118848
• Lyotard, F., Postmoderna za začetnike, Analecta, Ljubljana, 2004, str. 11-25 in 115-122. COBISS.SI-ID - 213634560
• Nietzsche, F., Vesela znanost, Slovenska matica, Ljubljana, 2005, odlomki (4, 7, 34, 125, 193, 250, 283, 285, 290, 310, 319, 340, 341). COBISS.SI-ID - 219791616
• Singer, P., Praktična etika, Krtina, Ljubljana, 2007, v tisku, 1., 2., 9., 11 in 13. pogl. COBISS.SI-ID - 243065088

Seminar materials are published at the start of the academic year.