PdF:OV3BP_DPT1 History of political th1-lect.

OV3BP_DPT1 History of political theories 1-lecture

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2014

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Marta Goňcová, CSc. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Tue 7:30–9:10 učebna 1

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

Course objectives

At the end of the course students should be able to interpret main problems of political theories from ancient Greece to the 19th century.

Syllabus

Democracy in Athens. Plato and Aristotle. Roman republic. Political doctrines in Middle Ages. The man, the politics and the ethics in the work of Machiavelli. Reform programmes and Utopia. Theory of natural laws of Hobbes and Locke. Social contract of Rousseau. Enlightement. French revolution in the history of political theories (Burke). American revolution and democracy in the works of de Tocqueville. The man, the country and the society in German philosophy (Kant, Hegel, Fichte). Sociology and psychology in political theories of 19th century - Comte, le Bon. Theory of elites. The society and the the state in works of Marx and Engels. Russian political thinking before the end of 19th century. Anarchism. Czech political thinking.

Literature

required literature

BLACKWELL, Basil. Blackwellova encyklopedie politického myšlení. Edited by Janet Colemanová - William Connolly - Alan Ryan - David Miller, Trans. Vyd. 2., dotisk. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2003, xiii, 560. ISBN 80-85947-56-0. info
VALEŠ, Lukáš. Dějiny politických teorií. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2004, 236 s. ISBN 8086898008. info

recommended literature

SVENSSON, Palle. Teorie demokracie : brněnské přednášky. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1995, 287 s. ISBN 80-85959-02-X. info
HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. Demokracie. Teorie, modely, osobnosti, podmínky, nepřátelé a perspektivy demokracie (Democracy. Theories, Models, Individualities, Conditions, Enemies and Perspectives of Democracy). 1st ed. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2003, 379 pp. Sborníky, svazek č.16. ISBN 80-210-3195-6. info

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Assessment methods

Oral exam with written preparation. Seminar work in the range of 5 pages (theme established by drawing lots).

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Požadavky k zápočtu- seminární prace a úspěšný test znalostí.
The course is taught annually.