FF:JAPX221 Religion and Nationalism - Course Information
JAPX221 Religion and Nationalism in Modern Japan
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Bc. Mgr. Jakub Havlíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 11:40–13:15 N21
- 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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI)
- Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
- Course objectives
- The course deals with the theories of relationship of nationalism and religion. The theories are applied to selected examples in the history of modern Japan.
At the end of the course students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge of selected theories of nationalism and religion; review selected theories of the relationship of religion and nationalism; interpret the characteristics of the theories; apply the theories to the examples from the history of modern Japan. - Syllabus
- 0. Introduction to the course;
- 1. – 11. Selected theories and concepts of the relationship of religion and nationalism, application to the examples from the history of modern Japan;
- 12. Presentation of student papers, final discussion.
- Literature
- ANDERSON, Benedict R. O'G. Představy společenství : úvahy o původu a šíření nacionalismu. Edited by Martin Procházka, Translated by Petr Fantys - Miloslav Uličný. 1. české vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2008, 274 s. ISBN 9788024614908. info
- GELLNER, Ernest André. Národy a nacionalismus. Translated by Jiří Markus. 2. vyd. Praha: Josef Hříbal, 1993, 158 s. ISBN 809013811X. info
- JUERGENSMEYER, Mark. The new Cold War? : religious nationalism confronts the secular state. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1993, xiv, 292. ISBN 0520086511. info
- HARDACRE, Helen. Shintō and the state, 1868-1988. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1989, xvi, 203. ISBN 0691020523. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, discussions, readings.
- Assessment methods
- Final written test (score 70% or higher on the final exam). Final paper.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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