MVZ808 Geopolitics

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Břetislav Dančák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Tomáš Černohous, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
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
At the end of the course students should be able to analyze international relations on the basis of theory of geopolitics; the students will be taught in geopolitics from its first using by R. Kjellen to the present; students should understand the main differences between individual schools of geopolitical thinking and should be able to apply methods of geopolitics.
Syllabus
  • I. Introduction. Course and evaluation description.
  • II. Geopolitics and political geography.
  • III. German „Geopolitik“.
  • IV. F. Ratzel, K. Haushofer – „Lebensraum“ and the rights for the natural political boudaries.
  • V. Anglo-Saxon „Geopolitics“ - H. Mackinder nad Heartland.
  • VI. A. T. Mahan – dichotomy between land and sea power.
  • VII. Reading week.
  • VIII. N. Spykman – Rimland.
  • IX. French geopolitical thinking.
  • X. Russian geopolitical thinking – A.P.Tsygankov.
  • XI. Case study – SSSR.
  • XII. Case study - USA.
Literature
  • Geopolitical traditions : a century of geopolitical thought. Edited by Klaus Dodds - David Atkinson. London: Routledge, 2000, xvi, 392. ISBN 0415172497. info
  • Krauthammer, Ch.: The unipolar moment revisited. The National Interest, Winter 2002/03
  • Tsygankov, A., P.: Mastering Space in Eurasia: Russian Geopolitical Thinking after the Soviet Break-Up, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 35, No. 1. (2003)
  • Hartshorne, R.: Recent Developments in Political Geography I. American Political Science Review, Vol. 29, No. 5 (Oct. 1935)
  • Schnitzer, E., W.: German Geopolitics Revived, Journal of Politics, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Aug. 1955)
  • WALTON, C. Dale. Geopolitics and the great powers in the 21st century : multipolarity and the revolution in strategic perspective. New York, NY: Routledge, 2007, viii, 141. ISBN 9780415358538. URL info
  • Geopolitics, geography and strategy. Edited by Colin S. Gray - Geoffrey Sloan. 1st pub. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1999, 289 s. ISBN 0-7146-8053-2. info
  • Ó TUATHAIL, Gearóid. Critical geopolitics : the politics of writing global space. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1996, x, 314 s. ISBN 0-415-15701-3. info
Teaching methods
The teaching is based on e-learning and consultations, students prepare essay.
Assessment methods
The course grade consists of the following parts: well-elaborated essay and pass final written exam test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015.
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