VV015 Political Science I

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:50 B007
Prerequisites
Interest in temporarily conditioned changes of the phenomenon of politics is expected.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Science of politics is here taken as a historically conditioned spectrum of changing presuppositions structuring and reflecting political might. "Politology I" traces the development from the antique Greek democracy till the end of 17-th century.
Syllabus
  • The subject, basic concepts, and function of politology. The individual and his/her society.
  • Presuppositions of the origin of the old Greek democracy. The Greek-Persian Wars and the problem of hegemony. The big "Pelopponessos" quest.
  • Political ideals of Plato and Aristotle.
  • The Pax Romana. St. Augustin.
  • The fighting over investiture. The Constitution of Venice.
  • The Hussite Revolution. Humanism and Reformation as programs of social reform. Machiavelli. Luther and Calvin. Social utopia (Morus, Bacon, Campanella, Comenius).
  • The beginnings of modern legal thinking (Bodin, Althusius, Grotius). The Westphalia Peace.
  • The background of the "Big Rebellion" in the 17-th-century England . The English Parliamentarism. Hobbes, Milton, Harrington.
  • Continental Europe in the second half of the 17-th century. The outcome of the English "Glorious Revolution". Locke.
  • The aim of these lectures is a clarification of the basic concepts of politics as well as of the structure and teleology of power. A historical explanation seems to be the best method of how to follow the dramatic tension between the formulated goals and values to be reached, always in another way and in another preferential sequence.
Literature
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Assessment methods
2 credits after both regularly attending the classes and submitting 1 essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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