Social Theory:Power

Pre-requisites: General understanding of sociology and philosophy(at a high school level, with some intro sociology, philosophy or social theory course desirable).

Course objectives: An understanding of the effects of power, whether as a structure or an actor, in functioning in contemporary societies.

Course description: The meaning of the power in everyday discourse, pre-sociological ideas of power, classical social theory on power, power and similar concepts, Parsons on power, One dimensonal, two dimensional and three dimensional ideas of power, Fuchs on power, power and social structure.

Learning Outcomes: Upon completing the course, students will have mastered basic concepts in theories on power, will be familiar with key tenets from those theories and will be able to describe the most relevant effects related to social power.

Literature/Reading:

• Majkl Korda, Moć: kako je steći i kako je koristiti, Mono & Maňana, 2005, str. 64-74.
• Aristotel, Metafizika, «Kultura», Beograd 1960, str. 115-119, 206-225.
• Tomas Hobs, Levijatan, «Gradina», Niš 1991, knjiga 1, str. 100-101.
• Nikolo Makijaveli, «Rasprava o prvoj dekadi Tita Livija», Izabrano djelo, Zagreb, knjiga 1, str. 218-219.
• Fridrih Niče, Volja za moć, Prosveta, Beograd 1972, str. 62, 120-121, 317-320.
• Maks Veber, Privreda i društvo, Prosveta, Beograd 1976, knjiga 1, str. 37-8 i knjiga 2, str. 45-51
• Georg Zimel, «O nadređenosti i podređenosti», u T. Parsons, E. Šils, K. Negel i Dž. Pits, Teorija o društvu: osnovi saveremene sociološke teorije, Vuk Karadžić, Beograd 1969, knjiga 1, str. 518-528.
• Džon Kenet Galbrajt, Anatomija moći, Stvarnost, Zagreb, str. 7-19, 122-132.
• Nikola Rot, Psihologija grupa, Zavet, Beograd 1995, str. 161-177.
• Antoni Gidens: “’Moć’ u novijim radovima Talkota Parsonsa”, Marksizam u svetu, Vol. 3, No. 8, Beograd 1980, str. 170-190.
• P. Bakrak i M. S. Barac: “Dva lica moći”, Marksizam u svetu, Vol.3, No.8, Beograd 1980, str. 125-137.
• Steven Lukes: “Moć: jedno radikalno shvatanje”, Marksizam u svetu, Vol. 7, br. Beograd 1980, str. 191-239.
• Hana Arent, "O nasilju", u: Č. Čupić (ur.) Politička antropologija, str. 159-175.
• Mišel Fuko, Nadzirati i kažnjavati, Prosveta, Beograd, str. 7-37, 221-256.
• Slobodan Antonić(2006): “Tri lica moći ”, Nova srpska politička misao, god. XIII, br. 1-4, str. 7-33.
• Slobodan Antonić(2006): “U odbranu Parsonsovog shvatanja moći”, Sociološki pregled, god. XXXX, br. 1, str. 57-79.
• Slobodan Antonić(2006): «Neka razlikovanja sile i moći u klasičnoj sociologiji», Sociološki godišnjak, god. 2, str. 7-26, Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva, Istočno Sarajevo