Ge4_GKZ8 Geography of Cultures and Civilizations

Faculty of Education
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Jozef Mečiar (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Jozef Mečiar
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Florková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( Ge4_GOP3 Socioec. Geog. - Geog. of Pop. && (NOW( Ge4_TGV8 Theoretical Geography ) || NOW( Ge4_EIV8 Czech Rep. & European Integrat )) || SOUHLAS) && Ge4_GKV8 Geography of Cultures & Civili
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
The Aim of Tuition: The general acquaintance with development and contemporary state of cultural superstructure of society and civilizations within the framework of developmental relationship of natural, demographical and social sphere. The concretization on selected examples - the possibilities of application to professional and educational work with the link to second subject of student's approbation and with the concrete direction at the theme of his (hers) diploma work.
Syllabus
  • The Fundamental Themes of Seminars:
  • 1) Geography of cultures and civilizations as scientific discipline, its importance and problems, basic terms
  • 2) The ifluece of natural and social environmet 1) on the rise and forming of specific character of particular cultures and civilizations and 2) on their broadening and spatial differentiation
  • 3) The ifluece of specific character of particular cultures and civilizations on their broadening and spatial differentiation
  • 4) The ifluece of specific character of particular cultures and civilizations on naturally and socially geographical environment
  • 5)The regional and global importance of the existence of the spatial differentiation of cultural superstructure of humankind for its development
Literature
  • Literatura a prameny uvedené u jednotlivých přednášek a popř. v zadání seminární práce a jednotlivých elaborátů.
  • Ivanička, K., 1996: Slovakie. Genius loci. Bratislava: Korene Pres. 128 s. ISBN 80-967587-1-3
  • MULLER, Peter O. and Harm Jan DE BLIJ. Geography : realms, regions, and concepts. 8th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998, xv, 537. ISBN 0471291129. info
  • PEŠKOVÁ, Jaroslava and Oldřich ŠEVČÍK. Filosofie - kultura - civilizace : vybrané kapitoly. D. 1. Praha: Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, 1997, 128 s. : i. ISBN 80-86039-17-X. info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Příroda a civilizace : životní prostředí a rozvoj lidské civilizace. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1997, 147 s. ISBN 8004264344. info
  • KREJČÍ, Jaroslav. Civilizace Asie a Blízkého Východu :náboženství a politika v souhře a střetání. Translated by Jiří Kašpar. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 307 s. ISBN 80-7066-734-6. info
  • Synergetika a civilizácia. Edited by Koloman Ivanička. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, 1988, 350 s. info
  • LAKOMÝ, Zdeněk. Člověk mění svět : civilizace, kultura a životní prostředí. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1976, 320 s. URL info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: seminář Podmínky pro zápočet: - docházka do seminářů a aktivní účast v diskuzích, - osobní odevzdání a obhájení zadaného elaborátu na požadované úrovni
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2001, recent)
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