PdF:AJ_CSAT Culture, Society and Tolerance - Course Information

AJ_CSAT Culture, Society and Tolerance

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Michael George, M.A. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová

Timetable

Tue 16:10–17:50 učebna 55

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

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Course objectives

This class will look at the nature of prejudice and tolerance in modern society. While not focusing on any one society, specific examples of actual incidents and behavior from various lands will be used as case studies in order to understand the psychological, social and political mechanisms of discrimination. The class is organized as a "round table discussion" seminar wherein students will come to class having read and, prepared to discuss, the text and topic at hand with their classmates. Literature: Selections from: Facing History and Ourselves: a Resource Book, Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, Brookline, Mass. Staub, Ervin, The Roots of Evil: The Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence. Cambridge University Press, 1989

Syllabus

• 1. introduction 2. identity: us vs. them 3. the roots of intolerance 4. the nature of prejudice 5. the faces of intolerance 6. social and cultural mechanisms, past and present 7. judging and judgment 8. choosing to participate 9. making a difference 10. educating for tolerance 11. migration and integration 12. identity: us and them 13. conclusion

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2007, recent)
  
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