POL103 History of Political Ideas

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: PZk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Pavel Barša, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D.
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
The course is intended to inform students about the development of political thinking from the Ancient Greece to the nineteenth century. It is primarily focused on the characterization of the thinking of the most important figures in the history of political ideas and on the highlighting of the key thoughts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Pre-Socratics, Socrates 2. Plato, Aristotle 3. Cicero and Roman lawyers 4. seminar 5. Political thinking of Christianity: Augustinus Aurelius 6. Thomas Aquinas 7. Machiavelli 8. seminar 9. Theories of social contract: Thomas Hobbes and John Locke 10. Theories of social contract: Jean-Jacques Rousseau 11. Montesquieu and Scottish enlightenment: Adam Smith, David Hume 12. seminar 13. Advent of ideologies: J. S. Mill (liberalism), E. Burke (conservatism) and K. Marx (socialism)
Literature
  • Kulašik, P. - Briška, F. - Ježovicová, D.: Dejiny politického myslenia (od staroveku do súčasnosti). Banská Bystrica, Univerzita Mateja Bela 1997.
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Politika. Translated by Antonín Kříž. 2. vyd. Praha: Rezek, 1998, 499 s. ISBN 80-86027-10-4. info
  • BURKE, Edmund. Úvahy o revoluci ve Francii. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK), 1997, 278 s. ISBN 80-85959-23-2. info
  • MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò. Vladař. Translated by Josef Hajný. V tomto překladu vyd. 3. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1997, 101 s. ISBN 8023735446. info
  • SKINNER, Quentin. Machiavelli. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1995, 105 s. ISBN 8085794616. info
  • MILL, John Stuart. O slobode. Bratislava: Iris, 1995, 116 s. ISBN 80-88778-07-7. info
  • BAHOUNEK, Jiří. Politické myšlení sv. Tomáše. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 251 s. ISBN 8021011629. info
  • PLATÓN. Ústava. Translated by Radislav Hošek. Vydání první. Praha: Svoboda-Libertas, 1993, 523 stran. ISBN 8020503471. info
  • LOCKE, John. Druhé pojednání o vládě. Edited by Oskar Krejčí, Translated by Josef Král. Vyd. 2. Praha: Svoboda, 1992, 184 s. ISBN 802050222X. info
  • ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. Rozpravy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1978, 282 s. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2002, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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