POLn4006 Czech Political Tradition

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. František Chalupa (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 U41
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! POL417 Czech Political Tradition && !NOW( POL417 Czech Political Tradition )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand the sociopolitical doctrines in Czech history - in the Habsburg era 1848-1918, in the so called First and Second Czechoslovac Republic and after 1945.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able: to identify the basic characteristics of the Czech politics and policy in the view of long-terms processes of its formation,
to understand and explain long-term traditions of Czech Politics,
to characterize the traditions and to compare the traditions of Czech politics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Organization of the course 2. Czech politics in Habsburg monarchy 3. Liberalism 4. Political Agrarism 5. "Kulturkampf" in Czech lands 6. Political Catholicism 7. Reading week 8. National Conservatism; Fascism 9. Social Democracy 10. National Socialism and Anarchism 11. Communism 12. Czech dream
Literature
    required literature
  • KOSATÍK, Pavel. České snění. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2010, 398 s. ISBN 9788072153930. info
  • HAVELKA, Miloš. Ideje, dějiny, společnost : studie k historické sociologii vědění. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2010, 414 s. ISBN 9788073252205. info
  • Spor o smysl českých dějin. Edited by Miloš Havelka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2006, 723 s. ISBN 8072152920. info
  • MALÍŘ, Jiří and Pavel a kol. MAREK. Politické strany. Vývoj politických stran a hnutí v českých zemích a Československu 1861-2004. sv. I-II. (Political Parteis. The Development of the Parties and Political Movements in the Bohemian Lands and Czechoslovakia, 1861-2004, 1-2.). 1st ed. Brno: Doplněk, 2005, 1826 pp. ISBN 80-7239-180-1. info
  • PODIVEN. Češi v dějinách nové doby : (1848-1939). Vyd. 2. - opr., V Academii 1. Praha: Academia, 2003, 691 s. ISBN 8020011439. info
  • KOŘALKA, Jiří. Češi v habsburské říši a v Evropě 1815-1914 : sociálněhistorické souvislosti vytváření novodobého národa a národnostní otázky v českých zemích. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1996, 354 s. ISBN 8072030221. info
  • Spor o smysl českých dějin 1895-1938. Edited by Miloš Havelka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1995, 867 s. ISBN 80-85639-41-6. info
    recommended literature
  • BALÍK, Stanislav. Kulturní boj v českých zemích a politický katolicismus (The Kulturkampf in Czech Lands and the Political Catholicism). In MAREK, Pavel. Teorie a praxe politického katolicismu 1870-2007. 1st ed. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008, p. 79-92. Politika a náboženství, 6. ISBN 978-80-7325-152-9. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, essay
Assessment methods
One essay (in the run of the semestr) in the range 7200-10800 signs on the one of the scheduled topics; five position papers; written test; oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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