Кто читает:: Департамент социологии

Статус:: Курс по выбору

Когда читается:: 3-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Преподаватели

Мацкевич Мария Георгиевна

Рябоконь Виталий Васильевич

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Abstract

This seminar offers a cross-disciplinary perspective on political power, institutions, civic movements, and their socio-cultural context. It draws mainly from sociology, political science, and cultural studies and will be most useful to students interested in how modern societies are organized and negotiated through politics, and how this can be studied. Key to this seminar is reading and discussing original research papers. As a result, the students will expand their knowledge of the subject and their skills of critical reading, participating in discussions, and writing short text with their arguments based on previous reading. The seminar starts with a discussion of illiberal democracy theoretical approaches, civil society and social movements in non-Western contexts, proceeding to analysis of emotions’ role in politics during social change. The seminar is going to cover issues related to emotional aspects of human interaction with AI.

Learning Objectives

The objectives of this seminar are to get the students acquainted with current research perspectives and techniques in political and civic processes and to train students' skills of academic speaking, reading, and writing.

Expected Learning Outcomes

- to discuss current research perspectives and techniques in political and civic processes
- to explain the functions of elections across political regimes
- to explain how quality of governance is measured
- to discuss public participation across cultures
- to discuss policy making issues
- to know the basics of academic reading and writing, academic culture, and the variety of non-academic research output formats
- to know a variety of existing theories of nationalism, national identity and nation building
- to discuss problems of historical legacies
to describe and critically review a variety of existing theories of civil society, conservative civil society and illiberal democracies
to explain the functions of social movements and collective action
To apply theoretical frameworks to empirical cases
To critically review potential research gap in civil society studies in non-Western contexts
to explain how emotions can be empirically studied
to apply the basics of academic reading and writing, academic culture, and the variety of non-academic research output formats
to explain how emotions and ressentiment can be empirically studied
to apply the basics of academic reading and writing to study emotions in politics
to apply sociology of emotions to memory politics studies
to describe and critically review a variety of existing approaches to human-AI interaction
to apply principles of academic integrity

Course Contents

Political behavior, narratives and values across political regimes
Civil society in non-Western contexts
Emotions and emotional cultures
Emotions in politics and ressentiment
Human-AI interaction. AI and personal well-being

Assessment Elements

Written assignment
To complete offline in class. AI use and internet searching are not allowed.
In-class participation
Quiz
10 minutes-quiz with 10 multiple-choice items. Each correct answer gives 1 point to the quiz mark. A paper-and-pen quiz to complete offline in class. AI use and internet searching are not allowed. Критерии оценивания: 10 multiple-choice items. Each correct answer gives 1 point to the quiz mark. Detecting AI usage or internet searching gives failing grade.
Exam
The exam is held offline on HSE Pcs or on paper, in computer rooms. No personal devices are allowed. Internet searching is not allowed. AI use is not allowed. A written exam paper should include a clear statement of the research problem, explanation of known research perspectives on the problem by using concepts and analytical tools from home reading, and the examples, comments and remarks of the student.

Interim Assessment

2026/2027 2nd module
0.3 * In-class participation + 0.35 * Written assignment + 0.35 * Quiz
2026/2027 4th module
0.3 exam+0.3 class activity+0.2 test+0.2 written assignment (essay)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Bizon, N., & Appasani, B. (Eds.). (2026). Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Trustworthy Decisions in Smart Applications. Springer Nature Switzerland.
Disputed memory : emotions and memory politics in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe / edited by Tea Sindbæk Andersen and Barbara Törnquist-Plewa. (2016). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.459207857
In defense of a liberal education, Zakaria, F., 2015
Marlene Laruelle, & Johan Engvall. (2015). Kyrgyzstan Beyond “Democracy Island” and ’Failing State’ : Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society. Lexington Books.
Michael Lucken, The Japanese and the War : Expectation, Perception, and the Shaping of Memory
Plamper, J., & Tribe, K. (2015). The History of Emotions : An Introduction (Vol. First edition). Oxford, United Kingdom: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=929154
Rob Boddice. (2017). The History of Emotions: Past, Present, Future. https://doi.org/10.7440/res62.2017.02
Thiel, Markus. European Identity and Culture : Narratives of Transnational Belonging, edited by Rebecca Friedman, Routledge, 2016. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=879691.
Thomas Hobbes's Conception of Peace: Civil Society and International Order: монография / Jaede, M — Cham: Palgrave Pivot, 2018. — 114 с. — ISBN 978-3-319-76066-7. — URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-76066-7 (дата обращения: 30.08.2019). — Текст : электронный.
Walsh, T. (2017). Android Dreams : The Past, Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence. London: Hurst. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1832292
Будущее свободы : нелиберальная демократия в США и за их пределами, Закария Ф., Иноземцев В.Л., 2004
Пересборка социального: введение в акторно-сетевую теорию, Латур, Б., 2014
Управляемое сердце : коммерциализация чувств, Хокшилд, А. Р., 2019
Эффект летучей мыши : 10 уроков по современному мироустройству помимо черных лебедей, Закария, Ф., 2024

Authors

Goncharov Dmitrii Vladimirovich
Riabokon Vitalii Vasilevich
Matskevich Mariia Georgievna

Бакалаврская программа «Социология и социальная информатика»

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Research Seminar "Civil and Political Processes" (2026-2027 Academic Year)