SANb1020 Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Context of Central Europe

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Soňa Enenkelová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 U35
Prerequisites
General interest in social science issues
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 16/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce to the students main theories of nationalism and nation, state and statelessness, race and racism and group and groupism that formed Central Europe in the past as well as today. We will look at these phenomenon through the lense of social anthropology, using its major theories of power, social structure, kinship, religion and economics.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to detect traces of nationalism, racism and groupism in current as well as distant policies of Central European states. They will be able to assess critically their consequences and attempt prediction of their power into the future.
Syllabus
  • 1. Groups and Groupness 2. Theories of Race and Racism 3. Ethnicity and belonging 4. Nation and nationalism 5. State and citizenship 6. Minorities, refugees and the status of the Other 7. Roma/Gypsies 8. Slovaks 9. Germanic tribes 10. Ukrainians 11. Exotic and local Vietnamese 12. Czechs
Literature
  • HROCH, Miroslav. Comparative studies in modern European history : nation, nationalism, social change. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007, 1 sv. ISBN 9780754659358. info
  • SMITH, Anthony D. Nationalism and modernism : a critical survey of recent theories of nations and nationalism. First published. London: Routledge, 1998, xiv, 270. ISBN 0415063418. info
  • BILLIG, Michael. Banal nationalism. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 1995, 200 s. ISBN 0-8039-7525-2. info
  • O'BRIEN, Conor Cruise. Ancestral voices : religion and nationalism in Ireland. Dublin: Poolbeg, 1994, 197 s. ISBN 1853714291. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, group projects, homework, reading
Assessment methods
50% essay, 50% case study oral presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
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