UZHIA06 Fundamental problems and concepts of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Hanuš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Hanuš, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 B2.24, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
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 focused on the analysis of basic concepts (eg. modernization, revolution, nacionalism, secularization, socialism) used in historiography a social sciences to characterize historical events and processes in the 19th and 20th centuries.The terms are analysed on concrete resources dealing with the understanding of time and space, utopian thought, understanding of progress, ideology, beginning of political parties, national principle, the decline of religion in the public sphere, civic principle and europocentrism. The aims of the course is to teach students to analyse modern social structures, institutions, mentality, and differentiate modern and pre-modern society.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to
- determine the importance of historical concepts in the context of concepts applied in humanities,
- distinguish types of concepts (classifying, complex, ideal-typological) in particular historical issues,
- write an essay analyzing a given concept.
Syllabus
  • 1. Politics, the triumph of liberalism
  • 2. Ideologies and institutions
  • 3. Socialism, workers, and the cooperative society
  • 4. Conservatism, and the hierarchical society
  • 5. "The spirit of capitalism"
  • 6. Modern culture, secularization and science
  • 7. International politics, peace and war, imperialism
  • 8. Europe and other worlds
Literature
    required literature
  • Jak se píšou dějiny : teorie a praxe. Edited by Stefan Berger - Heiko Feldner - Kevin Passmore, Translated by Tomáš. 1. vydání. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2016, 444 stran. ISBN 9788073253981. info
  • VEYNE, Paul. Jak se píšou dějiny. Translated by Čestmír Pelikán. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2010, 444 s. ISBN 9788087378267. info
    recommended literature
  • GAUCHET, Marcel. Dějinný úděl : rozhovory s Françoisem Azouvim a Sylvainem Pironem. Translated by Pavla Doležalová. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK), 2006, 203 s. ISBN 8073250721. info
  • RIETBERGEN, P. J. A. N. Europe : a cultural history. 2. ed. London: Routledge, 2006, xxxvii, 54. ISBN 0415323592. info
  • GELLNER, Ernest. Nacionalismus. Translated by Hana Novotná - Petr Skalník. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2003, 133 s. ISBN 80-7325-023-3. info
  • FURET, François and Alain BESANÇON. Komunismus a fašismus. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 2002, 276 s. ISBN 80-86130-21-5. info
  • ARENDT, Hannah. Mezi minulostí a budoucností : osm cvičení v politickém myšlení. Translated by Tomáš Suchomel - Martin Palouš. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2002, 262 s. info
  • GELLNER, Ernest. Pluh, meč a kniha :struktura lidských dějin. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2001, 263 s. ISBN 80-85959-87-9. info
  • HROCH, Miroslav. V národním zájmu :požadavky a cíle eropských národních hnutí devatenáctého století ve srovnávací perspektivě. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1999, 199 s. ISBN 80-7106-298-7. info
  • ARENDT, Hannah. Původ totalitarismu. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1996, 679 s. ISBN 80-86005-13-5. info
  • FURET, François. Promýšlet francouzskou revoluci. Edited by Hana Pospíšilová, Translated by Petr Horák. Vyd. 1. Brno: Atlantis, 1994, 207 s. ISBN 8071080896. info
  • GELLNER, Arnošt. Národy a nacionalismus [Gellner, 1993, 2. vyd.] : Nations and nationalism (Orig.). Translated by Jiří Markus. 2. vyd. Praha: Josef Hříbal, 1993, 158 s. ISBN 80-901381-1-X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with student discussions and presentations.
Assessment methods
Completed with an essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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