Coordinator: Włodzimierz Piątkowski, Professor, Head, Dept. of Medical Sociology
Collegium Maximum, 4/6 Staszica St., room 021, 022 Phone: 081/ 448-69-62
SOCIOLOGY (Introduction to Medical Sociology)
Spring semester Academic year 2014/2015
Lectures: 10 hours Lecturer: Włodzimierz Piątkowski, Professor
Detailed program of sociology: Topics and contents of lectures
1. BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
The development of medical sociology in Poland: historical roots.
Bibliography:
Cockerham W.C., Medical Sociology, 9th edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River 2004, chapter 16, pp. 351-352. Piątkowski W., Summary, in: W. Piątkowski (ed.), Socjologia z medycyną. W kręgu myśli naukowej Magdaleny Sokołowskiej, Wyd. IFiS, PAN, Warszawa 2010, pp. 225-239.
2. MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY IN LUBLIN
The role of Professor Magdalena Sokołowski (1922-1989); Field of interests; Health care in former socialist countries (Poland as a case).
Bibliography:
Piątkowski W., Summary, in: W. Piątkowski (ed.), Zdrowie, choroba, społeczeństwo: studia z socjologii medycyny, Wyd. UMCS, Lublin 2004. Piątkowski W., Beyond Medicine. Non-medical Methods of Treatment in Poland, Frankfurt a. Main 2012. Słońska Z., Piątkowski W., The Sociology of Health and Medicine in Poland, “Salute e Società” 2012, vol. 11, nr 2, p. 73-88. Piątkowski W., Skrzypek M., Utilization of Non-Medical Healing Methods as a Way of Coping with Life Difficulties in the Socially Deprived ‘Losers’ of the Systemic Transformation Processes in Poland, “Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine” 2012, vol. 19, nr 1, p. 147-157. Piątkowski W., Skrzypek M., The social nature of health and illness – evolution of research approaches in Polish classical medical sociology, “Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine” 2012, vol. 19, nr 4, p. 821-835. Piątkowski W., Skrzypek M., To tell the truth. A critical trend in medical sociology – an introduction to the problems, “Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine” 2013, vol. 20, nr 3, p. 613-623. Piątkowski W., Nowakowska L., Sociology of non-medical healing systems: an outline of research framework and prospects for further development, in: Sociology from Lublin, Ed. R. Radzik, B. Szajkowski, A. Wysocki (eds.), Sociology from Lublin, Wyd. UMCS, Lublin 2014.
3. THE PROBLEMS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY – SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH
The national emblems and their role in Polish society. The Polish eagle, national colors, and national anthem.
Bibliography:
Davies N., Heart of Europe. The Past in Poland's Present, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, chapter 5: Lasting traditions, pp. 277-295. Kuczynski K.S., The national emblem, colors and anthem, in: Poland the country and its people, Interpress Publishers, Warsaw 1976, pp. 33-36.
4. THE ORIGIN AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY (selected problems)
The Kingdom period. The Duchy period. The Commonwealth period. The period of elective kings. Nineteenth century society.
Bibliography:
Bubczyk R., A History of Poland in outline, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Press, Lublin 2004, chapter 1 and chapter 2, 1.1. p. 11 to 2.6. p. 63. Brief information, in: Scaufele W.E., History of a Millennium, in: Polish Paradox, Foreign Policy Association, N.Y. 1981 (pp. 8-14); See also Kiniewicz S. (ed.), Economic development in Three Partition Zones, pp. 392-394; Liberal Camp and Organic Work. The emancipation of the Peasant and the End Period of National Risings, pp. 445-448; The Beginnings of Polish Working-Class Movement, pp. 473-476; The beginnings of the Peasant Movement, pp. 478-479. 5. MODERN POLISH SOCIETY - INTERWAR PERIOD (1918-1939). POLISH SOCIETY DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION (1939-1945). POSTWAR CHANGES. MAIN SOCIAL FORCES: Peasant class, blue-collar workers, the intelligentsia. CHURCH. THE ROLE OF RELIGION AND CHURCH IN POLISH CULTURE
New stratification. Changes in the traditional social classes. The idea of social equality. Mobility of Polish population. Migrations. Changes in family structure. Educational advancement. Peasant class: the move to towns after World War II, 'peasant-workers', private farmers. Blue-collar workers; working conditions; discontinuity in class traditions. The new consciousness. The intelligentsia as cultural elite. Traditional values. The cultural revolution after World War II. Religion and culture.
Bibliography:
Interwar period: Bubczyk R., A History of Poland in Outline, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press, Lublin 2004, chapter 3 (pp. 75-97). Nazi occupation: Bubczyk R., A History of Poland in Outline, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press, Lublin 2004, chapter 3 (3.5. p. 85 to 3.7. p. 96).
Postwar changes: Davies N., Heart of Europe. The Past in Poland's Present, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, chapter 7: Beyond history (pp. 392 - 406). Main social forces: Bubczyk R., A History of Poland in Outline, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press, Lublin 2004, chapter 4 (4.1. p. 97 to 4.6. p. 129). Markiewicz W., Sociological Research in People's Poland, in: Ehrlich S. (ed.), Social and Political Transformation in Poland, Polish Scientific Publishers, Warsaw 1964 (pp. 211- 254). Steven S., Bureaucrats, in: The Poles, Mac Millan Publishing Co., N.Y. 1982 (pp. 89-105). Davies N., The People's Republic, in: God’s Playground. A History of Poland, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1982, vol. 2 (pp. 598-602). Davies N., The Intellectuals, in: The Poles, Mac Millan Publishing Co., N.Y. 1982 (pp. 215- 236). Church : Davies N, Heart of Europe. The Past in Poland's Present, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001, chapter 5: Church and People (pp. 295 - 300). Davies N, Kultura, in: God’s Playground. A History of Poland, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1981. Polish culture: Kolek L.S., Polish Culture. An Historical Introduction, 2nd edition, Maria Curie- Sklodowska University Press, Lublin 2002, chapter 8 (pp. 228-297).