AREA_15 Russian political and social thought and literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Josef Šaur, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Šaur, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Josef Šaur, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 B2.34
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
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students will be able to characterize and define the main currents in the Russian political and social thinking. Students will be able to determine their mindset and appoint their main leaders. Emphasis will be placed on the clasp of Russian political and social thought and Russian literature. The main part of the course will focus on the period of "long" 19th century
Syllabus
  • 1) Literature and its specific position in the Russian environment 2) Creators and consumers of literature - nobility, intelligentsia, raznochintsy 3) Russian political and social thought and literature of the 18th century (Posoškov, Golicyn, Tatiščev, Novikov, Fonvizin, Voroncov, Desnickij, Ščerbatov, Radiščev) 4) The Westernisers–Slavophile debate and Russian thought and culture in the 19th century (Arzamas, Westernisers, Slavophiles, Pan-Slavism, Danilevskij, Lamanskij) 5) Conservative and traditionalist currents in Russian thought of the 19th century 6) Radical and revolutionary currents of Russian thought of the 19th century (Decembrist revolt, revolutionary democrats, Petrashevsky Circle, nihilism, populist movement, Russian socialism) 7) Russian liberalism and its literary dimension (Annenkov, Botkin, Turgenev, constitutionalism, Zemstvo, Vekhi) 8) Pochvennichestvo, Tolstoyan movement, „bogoiskatelstvo“, God-Building, Eurasianism 9) Lenin 10) Selected fragments of Russian political and social thought of the 20th century (dissent, literature and specifics of Russian political opposition)
Literature
  • Walicki, Andrzej. Zarys myśli rosyjskiej. Od oświecenia do renesansu religijno-filozoficznego. Kraków, 2002.
  • Očerki russkoj kultury XIX veka. T. 4. Obščestvennaja mysl. Moskva, 2003.
  • Utechin, S. V. Russian Political Thought. A Concise History. New York - London, 1963.
  • Offord, Derek - Leatherbarrow, William (ed.). A History of Russian Thought. Cambridge, 2010.
  • VYDRA, Zbyněk. Život za cara? : krajní pravice v předrevolučním Rusku. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2010, 552 s. ISBN 9788087378083. info
  • GKANTZIOS DRÁPELOVÁ, Pavla. Kulturní, duchovní etnické kořeny Ruska : portréty. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2009, 276 s. ISBN 9788086818436. info
  • VORÁČEK, Emil. Eurasijství v ruském politickém myšlení : osudy jednoho z porevolučních ideových směrů ruské meziválečné emigrace. Praha: SET OUT, 2004, 350 s. ISBN 8086277348. info
  • PIPES, Richard and Stanislav PAVLÍČEK. Rusko za starého režimu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2004, 404 s. ISBN 8072035592. info
  • VLČEK, Radomír. Ruský panslavismus - realita a fikce. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-7286-040-2. info
  • ŠVANKMAJER, Milan. Dějiny Ruska. 3. dopl. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1995, 558 s. ISBN 80-7106-183-2. info
  • WALICKI, Andrzej. A history of Russian thought : from the enlightenment to marxism. Translated by Hilda Andrews-Rusiecka. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1979, xvii, 456. ISBN 0804710260. info
Teaching methods
lectures, reading, class discussion
Assessment methods
handing a paper, written colloquium (10 questions)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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