Conhecimento e Cultura (not translated)
Code
722081039
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Sociologia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
José Alberto Simões
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Acquiring the capacity to construct research problems concerning social realities;
b) Acquiring theoretical and conceptual bases to develop such skill;
c) Understanding how to make sociological sense of knowledgeable actors and the cultural patterns that permeate agency, in terms of both lay and expert knowledge constructions;
d) Ability to make a problem out of contemporary capitalism and \"high modernity\" as sources of present days cultural patterns and cognitive schemes;
e) Ability to communicate with clarity, rigor and scientific depth subject matters rooted in the course contents;
f) Ability to elaborate a theoretically grounded research plan or a bibliographic essay over course contents.
Prerequisites
N.A.
Subject matter
1. The meaning of culture for sociology: between object and instrument of knowledge.
2. Knowledge as a sociological object.
3. Modernity and knowledge: from \"all-mighty\" Reason to expert reasons.
4. Modernity and knowledge: body and temporalities.
5. Cultural production and knowledge production: artists and scientists as their emblematic characters.
6. The (new) Spirit of Capitalism: cultural patterns, socio-cognitive regimes and moral grammars.
7. High modernity, knowledge and social criticism.
Bibliography
Berthelot, J.-M. (2008), L´emprise du vrai. Connaissance scientifique et modernité, Paris, PUF.
Boltanski, L., È. Chiapello (1999), Le Nouvel Esprit du Capitalisme, Paris, Gallimard.
Bourdieu, P. (1979), Le paradoxe do sociologue, Sociologie et sociétés, vol. 11, nº 1, pp. 85-94.
Cuche, D. (1999), A noção de cultura nas ciências sociais, Lisboa, Fim de Século Edições.
Eagleton, T. (2000), The idea of culture, Oxford, Blackwell.
Elias, N. (1989), O processo civilizacional, Lisboa, D. Quixote, pp. 59-100.
Gardey, D. (2008), Écrire, calculer, classer. Comment une révolution de papier a transformé les sociétés
contemporaines (1800-1940), Paris, La Découverte.
Giddens, A. (1992), As Consequências da modernidade, Oeiras, Celta.
Kuper, A. (2000), Culture, Difference, Identity, Culture, the Anthropologists account, Cambridge, Harvard UP, pp. 26-245.
Wagner, P. (1994), A Sociology of Modernity. Liberty and discipline, London
Teaching method
The sessions have a length of 4 hours (3 hours of lecture and 1 tutorial). Except for the first 3 weeks (where class time is entirely taken by content explanation), each session combines content explanation (2:15 pm.) and presentation and discussion of a text by a student (45m.). Supporting materials are of two types of literature: a) texts vital for a proficient presentation and discussion in class; b) optional texts, although their reading can be strongly recommended.
Evaluation method
The evaluation has 3 dimensions: a) presentation and discussion of texts, b) short essay (12 pages maximum), on a subject matter related to the course contents, to be delivered at the end of the semester; c) presentation of this essay, presentation critically discussed by and with the lecturer. The dimenson a) weighs 30% of the final grade, b) 35%, c) 20%. The remaining 15% are held in reserve to evaluate possible participation in the course activities, namely the discussion of papers presented by fellow students.