Universität Wien

230043 SE Authoritarian Sociology and Sociology of Authoritarianism (2019W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 35 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 03.10. 14:30 - 16:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 10.10. 14:30 - 16:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 17.10. 14:30 - 16:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 24.10. 14:30 - 16:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 31.10. 14:30 - 16:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 07.11. 14:30 - 16:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 14.11. 14:30 - 16:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 21.11. 14:30 - 16:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 28.11. 14:30 - 16:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 05.12. 14:30 - 16:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock
  • Thursday 12.12. 14:30 - 16:30 Inst. f. Soziologie, Seminarraum 1, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

In the history of sociology in Austria, Austrofascism and National Socialism marked a division: Whereas sociologists forced into exile spent much time analyzing forms of authoritarianism, an authoritarian sociology was established on Austrian universities. The seminar firstly focuses on the relationship of sociology and National Socialism, secondly on the studies on the authoritarian personality and its precursor projects in Vienna, and thirdly on the question of what a critical analysis of the past can teach us for a reflexive, non-authoritarian sociology today.

Assessment and permitted materials

Each of the following steps must be taken.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1.) Review of one of the articles of the edited volume until October 24th, 2019 (25%).
2.) Active participation in reading and discussion (15%).
3.) Research and presentations regarding content and impact of one of the works mentioned below (group work) (20%).
4.) Written paper (40%).

Examination topics

Reading list

Obligatory Literature:
Andreas Kranebitter und Christoph Reinprecht (Hg.) (2019): Die Soziologie und der Nationalsozialismus in Österreich. Bielefeld: transcript.

Common reading:
Adorno, Theodor W., Frenkel-Brunswik, Else, Levinson, Daniel J. und Sanford, Nevitt R. (1950): The Authoritarian Personality, New York: Harper and Brothers.
Frenkel-Brunswik, Else (1996): Studien zur autoritären Persönlichkeit, hrsg. und eingeleitet von Dietmar Paier, Graz/Wien: Nausner & Nausner (Bibliothek sozialwissenschaftlicher Emigranten, Band 3).
Fromm, Erich (1980): Arbeiter und Angestellte am Vorabend des Dritten Reiches. Eine sozialpsychologische Untersuchung, hrsg. von Wolfgang Bonß, Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlagsanstalt.

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