RLA02 Primitive Religions

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jiří Sekerák, Ph.D. (lecturer), Hana Holmanová (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Dalibor Papoušek, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Basic forms of primitive religiousness, their cultural contexts and main features of the "primitive mind" (magic, myth); a survey of the most significant concepts, methodological approaches and terminology, often shared with cultural anthropology (totemism, shamanism, animism, etc.).
Literature
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Myšlení přírodních národů. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1971, 398 s. info
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Totemizmus. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Chronos, 1998, 128 s. ISBN 80-967138-2-5. info
  • Náhradní obsah: Dupré, Wilhelm. Religion in primitive cultures: a study in ethnophilosophy. Paris - The Hague: Mouton 1975. 366 s. Religion and reason, vol. 9. ISBN 90-279-7531-0.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Vstupní podmínky zkoušky a kolokvia: (1) referát odevzdaný v písemné podobě.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
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