FI:V019 Political Science II - Course Information

V019 Political Science II

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 1998

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ing. Miloslav Dokulil, DrSc.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Kurs navazuje na V015 Political Science I (není nutné jeho absolvování!).

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Syllabus

The beginnings of political new ages.
The American experience (Madison, Hamilton, Jay, Paine and the American Constitution). Its resonance in the works by Tocqueville. The problems of "majority rule". The status of "federation" and the "suverenity" of the particular colonies (republics).
Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Great Britain and Central Europe under the influence of Enlightenment and in confrontation with the French Revolution. - Montesquieu. Burke. Tocqueville. - The "European balance of power".
The Congress of Vienna and Central Europe.
From conservatism via liberalism to Marxism? J. St. Mill, "On Liberty".
The re-grouping of forces after 1848. Imperialism?
WWI and the re-arrangement of Europe after the war. Political ideologies in between of the two world wars. - Toynbee, Sspengler. Fascism, nacism, communism.
The second global conflict of war in the 20-th century and its political and ideological outcome. The formation of the "Two Camps".
The way towards a United Europe? - Nationalism. The problem of toleration. The disintegration of the so-called Eastern Bloc.
Conclusion: New centres of power?

Language of instruction

Czech

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 1997.