BSS192 Contemporary Terrorism

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Tomáš Šmíd, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.
Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:30 exP52
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
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Course objectives
The course aims to introduce the manyfold problem of terrorism, especially its various historic eras and variants of its development. The topics of the lesosns will be set as to offer the students the broadest possible overview on this phenomenon. It is aimed as an overview course, so the issues will not be researched deeply, but introduced rather horizontally. The components of state as well as nonstate terrorism will be presented.
Syllabus
  • 1. A brief theoretical setting of terrorism 2. Early terrorism, prototerrorism – thugs, assassins, etc. 3. The great French revolution 4. The terror of Russian anarchists 5. Balkan ethno-territorial terrorist groups – VMRO, Black Hand, etc. 6. Racist terrorism in the U.S.A. – Ku-klux-klan 7. Mid-term test 8. State terror of the Stalin-regime type – the case study of the Czechoslovak Republic 9. The development of Palestinian terrorism; the revision term of mid-term test 10. Leftist ethno-territorial terrorism – Armenian group ASALA, Bask group ETA 11. The development of Irish terrorism – the outline of the IRA activity 12. The roots of global jihadism – how al-Kaida was established
Literature
  • SOULEIMANOV, Emil. Terorismus. Válka proti státu. I. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, a.s., 2006. ISBN 80-861-76-7. info
  • MAREŠ, Miroslav. Terorismus v ČR (Terrorism in the CR). 1st ed. Brno: Centrum strategických studií, 2005, 476 pp. CSS 1. ISBN 80-903333-8-9. info
  • MAREŠ, Miroslav. Ku Klux Klan a pravicový extremismus v České republice (Ku Klux Klan and Right-Wing Extremism in the Czech Republic). Středoevropské politické studie. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2001, III, No 3, p. 1-9. ISSN 1212-7817. info
Assessment methods
The mid-term test and oral exam are required in this course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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