ETMB76 Ethnic and religious conflicts

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Malecká, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 14:10–15:45 J31
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
Having completed the course, the students will be able to describe basic theoretical concepts and categories that are related to research of ethnic and religious conflicts. They will be able to explain the relations among the following categories: religion – culture – ethnicity – politics. Students will be able to define the basic terminology: religion, ethnicity, nation, ethnocentrism, competitive ethnicity, racial conflicts etc. The focus of the course will consist of individual case studies - impacts of conflicts on everyday life and culture. People of different ethnic groups and different religions will participate in debates.
Syllabus
  • * Introduction (general info about the course). * What is conflict – concepts of ethnicity and religion. Cultural conflicts. Etnocentrism. Racial conflicts. Theoretical framework. * Causes of conflicts - values​​, interests. * Case studies: * Israel * Settlers versus natives - Israel / Palestine * Syria * Other selected cases (Cultural division of labour - Rwanda; Competitive ethnicity - Cyprus...)
Literature
    required literature
  • Storey, A.: Economics and Ethnic Conflict: Structural Adjustment in Rwanda. Development Policy Review 17/1, 1999, p. 43-63.
  • Mason, T. D. Structures of Ethnic Conflict: Revolution versus Secession in Rwanda and Sri Lanka. Terrorism and Political Violence 15/3, 2003, p. 83-114.
  • SMITH, Anthony D. National identity. 1st ed. London: Penguin books, 1991, 226 s. ISBN 0-14-012565-5. info
  • GELLNER, Ernest. Nations and nationalism. Oxford: Blackwell, 1983, viii, 150. ISBN 0-631-12992-812. info
  • Ethnic groups and boundaries : the social organization of culture difference. Edited by Fredrik Barth. Boston: Little, Brown and comp., 1969, 153 s. ISBN 0881339792. info
    recommended literature
  • Nationalism and modernisma critical survey of recent theories of nations and nationalism. Edited by Anthony D. Smith. New York: Routledge, 1998, xiv, 270 p. ISBN 041506340X. info
  • GELLNER, Ernest André. Culture, identity and politics. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, viii, 189. ISBN 0521336678. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussions, reading.
Assessment methods
The final essay on student´s chosen topic i.e. ethnic/religious conflict.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: jeden semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
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